bunkerlife sorry just responding from Saturday’s post, you sound a lot like me, in a big house with tonnes of stuff. It has become part of my life (every time I go in a cupboard or stand around in the kitchen or a child’s room I find something to get rid of) and then I set myself projects or targets. Is there a quick win i.e. a big piece of furniture you want to get rid of or a space you want to clear that will really cheer you up and motivate you? I return time and time again to my hall as the post table is a magnet for crap and my lovely clear window ledges. I feel so much better when these areas are clean as they’re the first bits of the house you see. As you enjoy more freedom from possessions and the sense of increased space any anxieties you have will go. I am about to get rid of a chair that we don’t sit on to making a room look bigger.
(by the way it doesn’t matter if you’re a hoarder, just great that you’re changing).
glassofport my dh was / is very messy but he did start to improve before he moved out. Now he’s gone I halved the amount of housework I do. I was amazed the first time my new boyfriend had a shower that he folded his towel up afterwards and hung it up! It’s only been 9 months but I think he’s a keeper!
RoseReally SandandSea I have two wrapping paper storage bags and I love them. One is for birthday paper and one is for xmas paper. They stand up nicely in a cupboard and when I buy wrapping paper I know where to put it - before it would be all over the house.
Of course now I want a flower bag! 
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Welcome littlemissdaredevil I sorted out all my crap and dcs crap and eventually dh saw the merits of chucking stuff out. I never threw anything out without telling him but actually would put a pile of stuff on his bed to show him he had a lot of it and it needed to go. Electronics were tricky and I can’t remember how many old computers I threw away (and documented on this thread) and their boxes! One time I had to take the computer apart and leave it on his pillow to get him to remove the memory before I could take it to the dump. As I mentioned above I focused on big items that made a difference but that was easy for me as I had lots of big toddler items and furniture to get rid of.
Anyway I haven’t done much recently so today I’ve been back in my bedroom. The deadline is to finish this week. I did clothes and bedding ages ago - although regularly cull them - and it’s still papers and wires/ leads that are problematic. So today I have chucked out a load of old loyalty cards (if this sounds like deja vu it is, I’m sure I chucked some out about two weeks ago!) and I have a big pile of stuff that is going to go to other parts of the house like pens, stationery, papers. I don’t think I’m going to finish by the end of the month but it is much improved. I also found some unidentifiable bits of plastic that are going.