Posted by IsoM on February 12, 2002, at 12:28:41
In reply to Re: Hoarding paper » IsoM, posted by fi on February 12, 2002, at 11:32:04
> > "...http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20011216/msgs/15711.html
> and others in that thread"Thank you so much!
> > "...FlyLady will send lots of encouraging messages (maybe too many- I signed up for a few weeks then signed off again) plus good stuff on the website."
Like you I signed up & then I signed off after a couple of weeks.
> > ...*throw away (or take to recycling) as much as possible- open your post next to the waste/recyling bin.*
Yes, I do that.
> > ...* dont keep newspapers more than a day or magazines more than a month (or TV listing magazines beyond the period they cover!)*
And that too.
> > ...* have a set place for important documents (eg passport, birth certificate) and put any removed straight back*
> * which links to the general- if you take papers out of whatever system you keep, put them back once the task is finished rather than leaving them in a heap.*
> * have papers next where you will deal with them (eg reading next the sofa, bills next where you keep the cheque/check book)*I'll put these ideas to use!
> > "...There's a fascinating/terrifying series on the BBC here at the moment, called 'Life Laundry'. People with cluttered homes volunteered to have a couple of experts work with them. *Everything* from the worst 3 rooms of their home is dumped outside, and they have just one day to work thru it all and get rid of lots! Meanwhile, the rooms are reorganised and redecorated, and they are delighted with the 'after'. I dont quite have the nerve...!"
I know what would happen to me. I'd have a full-blown panic attack & after things had been thrown out, find that I'd lost lots of valuable things I meant to keep. (And I'm not even a real hoarder - I throw things out or recycle often. It just takes very little to disorganise me!)
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