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Hello, I’m an alcoholic with 21 years of sobriety, I live in Brussels, Belgium.
I’ve been fighting clutter on my own, and the results are not nil but could surely be improved.
My mother and grandmother died when i moved in and memories, clutter paper, excess of everything took over this apartment.
I realized i had a problem when my mother died. In her apartment, it was impossible to sit, all chairs were taken by papers, my childhood room was filled to the ceiling! She had more than 100 blouses, i thought that was nuts. Then came home and counted my blouses, I had more than 100…
Since then I’ve been pealing the onion, kitchen, clothes, papers, one layer at a time…
About 2 years ago i decided not to buy anything, but use and wear what I have, trow away, give, sell what is broken or does not fit.
It did improve the situation quite a lot but i would like to make faster progress.
At my recent sobriety anniversary I made new commitments.
My daughter moved out (she is 25) and I’m living alone in a 4 bedroom triplex… no need to say, each room is nice, but full.
I’m 53, I’ll need to move to a smaller and more accessible (this is the 4th and 5th floor) apartment when I’m older.
I’ve read Marie Kondo, other selfhelp books, did all that, do annual garage sale, The situation is not dramatic anymore,
I now am proud of the place I live in and feel confortable enough to invite people ( i did not before, clutter really did isolate me)
still… I need help to make the difference inbtw what brings confort, is valuable and what is in my way. (i hate looking for something that I have but can’t find)
When I trow away things, My thoughts are “maybe my daughter will need it” “I have a very small and precarious income, no money to buy things, so I should keep this” “cotton is rare, planet is burning, ecologically I hate myself for trowing away stuff, maybe in 50 years, it will be scare and my grand children will need it” ” I can do something with this”
and so on
voilà, this looks like a pretty good beginning of a 1st step,
looking foward to joining a support group and finding a sponsor
Anita
Hello, I’m an alcoholic with 21 years of sobriety, I live in Brussels, Belgium.
I’ve been fighting clutter on my own, and the results are not nil but could surely be improved.
My mother and grandmother died when i moved in and memories, clutter paper, excess of everything took over this apartment.
I realized i had a problem when my mother died. In her apartment, it was impossible to sit, all chairs were taken by papers, my childhood room was filled to the ceiling! She had more than 100 blouses, i thought that was nuts. Then came home and counted my blouses, I had more than 100…
Since then I’ve been pealing the onion, kitchen, clothes, papers, one layer at a time…
About 2 years ago i decided not to buy anything, but use and wear what I have, trow away, give, sell what is broken or does not fit.
It did improve the situation quite a lot but i would like to make faster progress.
At my recent sobriety anniversary I made new commitments.
My daughter moved out (she is 25) and I’m living alone in a 4 bedroom triplex… no need to say, each room is nice, but full.
I’m 53, I’ll need to move to a smaller and more accessible (this is the 4th and 5th floor) apartment when I’m older.
I’ve read Marie Kondo, other selfhelp books, did all that, do annual garage sale, The situation is not dramatic anymore,
I now am proud of the place I live in and feel confortable enough to invite people ( i did not before, clutter really did isolate me)
still… I need help to make the difference inbtw what brings confort, is valuable and what is in my way. (i hate looking for something that I have but can’t find)
When I trow away things, My thoughts are “maybe my daughter will need it” “I have a very small and precarious income, no money to buy things, so I should keep this” “cotton is rare, planet is burning, ecologically I hate myself for trowing away stuff, maybe in 50 years, it will be scare and my grand children will need it” ” I can do something with this”
and so on
voilà, this looks like a pretty good beginning of a 1st step,
looking foward to joining a support group and finding a sponsor
Anita
I am a cluttered and looking desperately for a meeting