This Week’s Goals - UPDATED!

I need to set some goals this week for de-cluttering my house. All this stuff is suffocating and I can’t take it any more. I have so much “stuff” put away that I don’t have anywhere to put the stuff that I actually use everyday.

For some reason I feel guilty getting rid of perfectly good stuff. I know it’s not exactly rational but I think subconsciously I’m hurting the people that gave the stuff to me. Here’s the thing, thinking this way is driving me insane. I’ve been like this my whole life and I just can’t do it any more. I don’t have any more room in my house to continue like this.

So here are my goals this week:

Master Bedroom:

1. Clean out walk-in closet. I need to be ruthless and let a lot of clothing, stuff and junk go. I plan on getting rid of clothes that haven’t been worn in a year. I will donate the good stuff, make more shop rags out of old clothes that aren’t in good shape and throw the rest away. We have so many old clothes that I can’t put the clothes that we wear on a day to day basis in the closet. There isn’t any room so I have them hanging on hangers on my four poster bed. Hanging the clothes on my bed makes my bedroom look like a mess and blocks the light making it really hard to see. Completed

2. Get rid of all those weird Christmas presents that people have giving me over the years and I’ve stashed on the closet shelf. Doing this will free up some much needed storage space. Completed

3. Purge my house all old paperback books that have already been read. I have so many and I’ve already let people borrow them, got them back and they tend to come back with friends. I literally have bags and bags of these books. I’m thinking about donating them to my local Senior Center. Completed

4. Get rid of old computers. I’m going to have to do a little research on this, I’m not sure what the proper way is to dispose of old computers. Completed

5. Paint the ceiling of my daughter’s bathroom. It’s flaking, peeling and looks awful. The second coat is on the ceiling but it’s looking like it will need at least one more coat.