Recovering hoarders?

[19Sandy]

Well, I cleaned out my car at least today.

Local store had a buy 5 get 10 free sale on canned goods this week so I am stocked up for the winter with soup, veg, fruit, spaggetti sauce, tuna and canned chicken.

They also had a lot of other stuff on sale so my fridge is full too.

With fresh stuff, I won't need to buy anything like that for several months.

Anyway, I had bags of those in my car to haul in from a long way off.

I really need one of those wheely carts but I don't usually buy much.

I sort of look like a food hoarder now but none of it will expire for a year or more.

I got a lot more for my money this way.

[Teacher Terry]

CL: engineers are awesome) You will be so happy with your house once you get the work done.

[JaneV2.0]

I like this version of the wheely cart: https://smile.amazon.com/Folding-Sho...ords=versacart

I've had it for some time; it's sturdy and gets the job done--with a little maneuvering, I can even get it up and down the front steps.

[Chicken lady]

This morning there were three trash cans at the curb - household trash, the rest of the styrofoam, and small construction waste. I did not do things like pull the nails out of the small pieces of scrap wood and seperate the results into burnables and recyclable.

I put out a very broken wooden tea cart that I did not attempt to salvage or repair in any way - even by dismantling for the burn pile.

i did add to my household yesterday - a set of dolls that came in the mail, a replacement part to my ice cream maker that came in the mail, a new swim suit, two replacement wine glasses, and a rack for rolling pins and dowels in my studio (which I already set up and filled). I found a few things I could throw away while I was setting up the rack.

[Ultralight]

I thought this was a worthwhile article:

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...-kondo/502085/

"When you’re a hoarder, everything 'sparks joy'.”

[Chicken lady]

Yes. Also the visual/spatial organizing. DON'T MOVE MY PILES!

[Chicken lady]

Some insight into how hard and slow this process is - there is another board I belong to that was made up of parents, mostly moms, many at home. It is deleting next week, so I was looking back over some posts. There was a forum about housework/cleaning, etc.

I first started to work seriously on the hoard (as in, making chunks of progress that did not go away in a week or two) in June of 2010. Interestingly, in opposition to the favored pattern, the dehoarding was actually triggered by a period of trauma and loss.

[Ultralight]

Some insight into how hard and slow this process is - there is another board I belong to that was made up of parents, mostly moms, many at home. It is deleting next week, so I was looking back over some posts. There was a forum about housework/cleaning, etc.

I first started to work seriously on the hoard (as in, making chunks of progress that did not go away in a week or two) in June of 2010. Interestingly, in opposition to the favored pattern, the dehoarding was actually triggered by a period of trauma and loss.

Go on...

[Chicken lady]

That was really all you get, sorry, just the clinical overview. I wasn't trying to be cryptic. Stuff happens, people die, life goes on...

[Tybee]

Very true, CL! I have found the best time for me to discard is when I am angry-- something about dismantling the life I have built at those times is quite satisfying.