Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

How do you stop hoarding?

26 replies

HoarderHelpNeeded · 19/04/2025 11:11

Can I ask for help / advice to change my mindset from keeping stuff ‘just in case’.

I’m not talking dangerous levels of hoarding, but cluttered house, clothes that I ‘might’ wear again, something that cost quite a bit that’s rarely used etc.

OP posts:
Happyspendingthedayinthegarden · 19/04/2025 11:19

I'm a bit like you - my spare room is rather cluttered with things that might be useful one day - photo frames, clothes that no longer fit (I tell myself that I WILL be a size 10 again 😉) material that would make nice cushion or chair covers, curtains that may come in handy for me or someone else one day etc. Now that we're moving I have to tackle it. I allocate myself 1 hour per day to tackling a task (say to get rid of all size 10 clothes as I can always buy more should I actually manage to lose weight). At the end of the hour I stop - even if the task that I'd set myself isn't quite finished. This way it's not so daunting and I can see the progress that I'm making.

I did intend selling the clothes on eBay or Vinted, but that's too much of a faff ironing them, photographing them, taking them to PO to post to buyers etc, so local charity shops benefit.

Swipe left for the next trending thread