Hoping to join in, or perhaps be redirected to a more appropriate thread if need be!
I was on minimalism threads about 14 years ago under a different name (and my favourite thread title was simply ‘m’) and over this time I’ve realised that my relationship with stuff is as complicated as some people’s with food.
My current challenge is that my partner and children like to have choices (of shoes, coats, etc.) and I’m minimally inclined, because dramatically limiting available choices is v helpful for my particular neurotype. (If I could, I’ve have a uniform and only one of everything I need or want.)
I’ve also got really obsessed with decluttering in the past at the expense of other more important things (like generating new work or arranging to see friends) and can fall into thinking that ‘when I finish decluttering, I can get on with the rest of my life.’ My main motivation to clear crap out is to make it easier to keep the house clean and tidy so that we can spend as much time as possible on things other than managing things.
My current approach is to ‘treat’ myself to decluttering for 5/10/15 mins or so when I’ve got other stuff done, but this doesn’t work for the big things that need doing like taking things to the dump.
I’d really value your take on how to declutter in a mentally healthy way.
Thanks!