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Please give me praise

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 17:29

I had 14 bags for life/boxes of unsorted stuff in my house. Now I have none. Please give me praise.

No more accidentally coming across condolence cards from over four years ago. No more tat (apart from the tat the kids actively curate in their own bedrooms).

Next and final step: sorting out the garage.

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Prokupatuscrakedatus · 30/03/2021 17:32

Heartfelt congratulations to you!!! Celebratory Cake

Cocolapew · 30/03/2021 17:34

🥇

FlibbertyGiblets · 30/03/2021 17:35

Super effort !

Gruntwork · 30/03/2021 17:36

Amazing! Go you!

Selinaserena · 30/03/2021 17:39

This is actuallly a very big achievement. Well done Smile

Fireweeds · 30/03/2021 17:39

Wow. Does it feel like a weight off you? Can you look around and see clear surfaces?

DownWhichOfLate · 30/03/2021 17:41

Oh god. That just makes me feel bad for not sorting mine. But well done!

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 17:44

Thank you everyone!

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coodawoodashooda · 30/03/2021 17:45

It will be so good next time you have a clear out. You'll find it so easy in comparison.

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 17:45

@Fireweeds

Wow. Does it feel like a weight off you? Can you look around and see clear surfaces?
Yes it really does feel like a weight off. I always had clear surfaces because I scooped things up and put them in the aforementioned bags and boxes...and then didn’t sort them out...never, ever doing this again!!
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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 17:46

@DownWhichOfLate

Oh god. That just makes me feel bad for not sorting mine. But well done!
No don’t feel like that! Think that if a dreadful procrastinator can sort it, so can you!
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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 17:47

@coodawoodashooda

It will be so good next time you have a clear out. You'll find it so easy in comparison.
Yes! I know there will be some things I have to do every so item, like charity shop kids’ clothes, but that feels SO much more manageable than a ton of unsorted stuff.
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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 17:48

Btw I do have a floor to ceiling craft cupboard. The DC are such makers! So it’s necessary. And there’s a door on it.

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 18:00

Bumping for more praise.

🤣🤣

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TheSpottedZebra · 30/03/2021 18:02

Here, have some more praise! Grin

JSL52 · 30/03/2021 18:03

More praise Wine

Thethingswedoforlove · 30/03/2021 18:03

I am so very impressed. I am -in fact -inspired. Thank you. Doesn’t sound like it would have been emotionally easy. Really something to be very proud of having accomplished. Thank you for sharing

Sandsnake · 30/03/2021 18:06

You are my god.

Igmum · 30/03/2021 18:13

Well done OP that is brilliant! I must do some sorting now...

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 18:23

@Thethingswedoforlove

I am so very impressed. I am -in fact -inspired. Thank you. Doesn’t sound like it would have been emotionally easy. Really something to be very proud of having accomplished. Thank you for sharing
It really wasn’t. I kept coming across late DH’s stuff, mementos of our honeymoon - lovely lovely people shouldn’t die at 37 😭😭
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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 18:24

@Sandsnake

You are my god.
🤣🤣

Why thank you.

I suspect a proper god would be less praise-needy.

11 year old DS just said “well done” and gave me a big hug! Wonders will never cease.

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 18:24

@Igmum

Well done OP that is brilliant! I must do some sorting now...
Remember to get enough praise after your achievement 🤣
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InsufferablePerformanceFather · 30/03/2021 18:25

Good for you, it's a fab feeling, isn't it.

beginningoftheend · 30/03/2021 18:26

@tunnocksreturns2019

Bumping for more praise.

🤣🤣

It worked - congratulations from me!

I love love love clearing things out

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tunnocksreturns2019 · 30/03/2021 18:32

Thank you!

You know, I ordered myself a big reward (thanks to holiday abroad being cancelled Hmm): under stair storage from Clever Closet. Looking forward to that being fitted in May Smile

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