Last night on facebook, a friend was talking about a TV show called "Hoarders". I typed it into google search and found you can watch free episodes online....so I watched one....then 2! Oh my!! I am so thankful my house doesn't look even remotely like those houses!! The people really have a mental illness!!
Then another friend recommended a link.....how to clutter your house. 15 ways to fill your house with junk!
I was shocked how many of these things I do!! :O
1.Always bring home the freebies – the booklets at grocery stores, the soaps at the hotel, the pens at the bank. (GUILTY!!)
2.Take something your relative is going to get rid of even though you don’t need it.
3.Keep a file in your cabinet labeled “miscellaneous” or “interesting” (GUILTY)
4.Buy holiday stuff after the holiday. Store it all year. (GUILTY)
5.Put it in a box. Put the box in the basement or garage. (GUILTY)
6.Keep every last magazine you get. Make big stacks with them. One day, it’ll be an awesome side table. (GUILTY)
7.Buy food in bulk because it’s cheaper, even though it’ll take you six months to use up.
8.Never clean out your closet.
9.Shop for more containers when your space feels crowded or the containers you already have are full. (GUILTY)
10.Walk into a store where you know you don’t need anything.
11.Keep heirlooms that you don’t really like just because they belonged to someone you knew.
12.Keep everything you might need in a year or two. (GUILTY)
13.Don’t donate something that you bought but never used. You paid good money for that thing! (GUILTY)
14.Keep two of everything. It’s always good to have a second can opener in case the first one breaks when you’re opening a can of tuna. (SOMETIMES GUILTY)
15.Keep everything. Keep a box of really short strings. Label it “Strings too short to use.”
http://www.makingthishome.com/2011/03/07/how-to-clutter-your-home/
2.Take something your relative is going to get rid of even though you don’t need it.
3.Keep a file in your cabinet labeled “miscellaneous” or “interesting” (GUILTY)
4.Buy holiday stuff after the holiday. Store it all year. (GUILTY)
5.Put it in a box. Put the box in the basement or garage. (GUILTY)
6.Keep every last magazine you get. Make big stacks with them. One day, it’ll be an awesome side table. (GUILTY)
7.Buy food in bulk because it’s cheaper, even though it’ll take you six months to use up.
8.Never clean out your closet.
9.Shop for more containers when your space feels crowded or the containers you already have are full. (GUILTY)
10.Walk into a store where you know you don’t need anything.
11.Keep heirlooms that you don’t really like just because they belonged to someone you knew.
12.Keep everything you might need in a year or two. (GUILTY)
13.Don’t donate something that you bought but never used. You paid good money for that thing! (GUILTY)
14.Keep two of everything. It’s always good to have a second can opener in case the first one breaks when you’re opening a can of tuna. (SOMETIMES GUILTY)
15.Keep everything. Keep a box of really short strings. Label it “Strings too short to use.”
http://www.makingthishome.com/2011/03/07/how-to-clutter-your-home/
So maybe I do have some hoarding tendencies!?? YIKES!! I think I will go find some things to pitch out....like maybe my magazine rack full of old magazines I never look at!! *sigh*
Oh, goodness! My husband's grandmother had a box in her basement labeled "Junky Ornaments that I Don't Want to Throw Out." And, yes! It was filled with broken Christmas ornaments! Sadly, it seems that my hubby and my daughters have inherited wonderful Grandma Lucille's propensity for hoarding...and I usually can't keep up with the decluttering. Three against one is not fair! :^)
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