Knitting Dragonflies

I have been on a major decluttering streak. I have pitched, donated and reorganized, but I’m not done yet. I come from a mother who was extremely neat and orderly, and a grandmother that teetered near hoarding. So I live in fear of, well, maybe both extremes. Clutter seems to show up, mysteriously in my house.  I have tried over the years to beat it back. Below are the tips that helped me most. 1. Find a system. I tried for years to organize myself, it wasn’t until I studied naturally organized people that I realized that, yes I need a “constant” system. Not one week every three months to work non stop to make everything perfect again. Only to ignore it for another three months. (my favorite is a crazy lady, the flylady , also good are simplemom.net ) Find something that works for you, and then yes, you have to use it. 2. Baby steps Even if you only have 5 minutes, pick a shelf, drawer, even a portion of a counter. I have a rule, if I’m talking on the phone, I’m declutte

I have learned after going though enough clutter, the more I go through the more I can get rid of. I have donated, 4 truck loads of stuff, Oh the unlucky people that find the UFO's that I have recently amputated. The books I checked out are helpful. I did learn that Christopher Lowell is helpful, I thought his would be the most fu-fu. But it turns out he must be a clutterholic, be still my heart. I started reading his book with new zest. The 1000 best organizing tips, is just that, 1000, tips thrown at you willy, nilly, not much help. I feel like 50 different people are yelling tips at me, with no relation to where I am. Uncluttering your space has actually been helpful, Ann T. Sullivan, takes you by the hand and leads you through the process of purging. I guess we have already binged, since we are reading this book. I did have a friend give me Sink Reflections by Marla Cilly , this is an interesting book, accompanied by a Yahoo group , and a website, they call themselves Flybabie

OK, it is getting better, I let myself go to Lowe's to look at rugs, paint etc...just to cheer myself up. Still at it. And for those of you that are wondering, no (thank goodness) the rest of my house does not look like this. This had become where all of the flotsam and jetsam ended up. Oh yeah the parrot is ecstatic!!