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30-08-2019 06:45 PM
30-08-2019 06:45 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
One thing leads to another @Shaz51.
@Determined @Radleritis how are things going with you?
@Faith-and-Hope sending gentle thoughts your way.
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31-08-2019 05:51 PM
31-08-2019 05:51 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
Donated a few more moving boxes today.
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31-08-2019 05:55 PM
31-08-2019 05:55 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
Woo, Decluttering - I need to do some....
Adge
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31-08-2019 05:57 PM
31-08-2019 05:57 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
Gentle encouragement on offer @Adge . Is there a particular problem area you would like to tackle?
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31-08-2019 06:34 PM
31-08-2019 06:34 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
Just general paperwork decluttering @Former-Member
I tend to keep too many printouts of documents, & receipts (or they build up).
It's tedious & time-consuming, to go through piles & throw out.
I need to do it more frequently.
Adge
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31-08-2019 07:08 PM
31-08-2019 07:08 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
@Adge Investing in some document folders was the start of my document tidy up.
I have dedicated folders for things like:
- current car
- bank a/c
- insurances
- General bills are combined
I do have a lever arch folder where I put receipts/instruction books for electrical appliances and other items.
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31-08-2019 07:55 PM
31-08-2019 07:55 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
That sounds like a good system, that works well @Former-Member
I do have some files & folders, but too many things are stuffed into them.
So could definitely be simplified, & cleared up.
Adge
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31-08-2019 08:57 PM
31-08-2019 08:57 PM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
I do have 2 x folder holders with suspension files to keep things contained - one holds current stuff and important papers, the other historical paperwork. (I use one suspender per folder - so as not to overload) @Adge
The historical paperwork container includes annual general bill folders, tax return folders, other (ie old car info if we traded our vehicle) for last 7 years.
I found getting new folders and starting afresh took the pressure off dealing with the old paperwork. We started filing bills/bank statements in new system as soon as they had been attended to.
Every now and then I would retrieve one or two pages from the old folders and deal with them although I did have a burst of energy one day and sorted a fair bit, putting them in piles on the kitchen table and putting in new folders or destroying as appropriate.
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02-09-2019 07:29 AM
02-09-2019 07:29 AM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
Hi @Former-Member
Things are moving slowly and sometimes very frustratingly, as you would expect in a home where mental health is an issue. Still learning self-control, letting go of things I can not control and taking one day at a time. It is so draining living with someone who struggles but doesn't we all sometimes?
Work in progress! 🙂
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02-09-2019 08:50 AM
02-09-2019 08:50 AM
Re: Decluttering and home maintenance
Learning to let go of what I could not control (as well as what was not mine to fix) was a big one for me and focusing on the things I could do has been a huge part of my ability to cope.
I think this is why getting things sorted and tidied up has been so powerful for me - it is something that I have been able to control and it has made my life better, in many ways paralleling my own healing.