Hoarders Anonymous. Thread #9. We Are Keeping On Keeping On. Fighting The Cluttered Fight.

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We are a group of likeminded householders who are leading somewhat challenging lives; be that living with too much 'stuff' that we find difficult to deal with, houses that are falling apart (mine is), health issues within the family unit, wider family, or ourselves (me too) that means sorting out our households is challenging to say the least. So...
You are all welcome to join us for support, adding your ideas to help others out, storage ideas, and even tips on actually getting those items out of the house which sounds so simple when you say it, but this part can be a huge challenge; we are often attached emotionally to our 'things', afraid of letting things go just in case we need them, or it belonged to mum or gran. This is tough stuff to deal with.
Encouragement and support abound here in our band of clutterbugs. We never ever criticise anyone! We even try not to criticise ourselves as it's not helpful to anyone, but this can be very difficult to achieve.
We hold one another's hands, dab away tears, and snot virtually.
If you are feeling overwhelmed by clutter, mess, disorganisation and generally don't know where to start. If you can't be bothered, but really do want to be bothered. If you think you are a bit lazy, or if you just need to see your highs and lows and everything in between on the screen here, join us, and we will support you. We'll virtually high-five your achievements - small or large, and virtually hug you when the need arises. If you want a hug, just ask because we are here for you, we're here for one another because we get it. The art of washing up is sometimes our great achievement of the day, but it's still an achievement. Every small step is an achievement.
My own journey is very long, I've tried to get it done, bug it's a work in progress. Single working mum (children now both over 18, but youngest has many physical issues as well as ADHD and ASD). I have chronic illness, and am in my 62nd year on the planet, so I need to deal with it. The point is. You aren't alone if you are also suffering.

Some helpful links which I hope are still valid. They aren't for everyone, but have a look if you fancy:
• Help For Hoarders by Jasmine Harman (the author/producer of the BBC1 documentaries My Hoarder Mum and Me and Britain's Biggest Hoarders)
• The FlyLady Cleaning Method by Marla Cilley
• The Organised Mum Method by Gemma Bray
• The KonMari Method by Marie Kondo
• A Slob Comes Clean by Dana K. White
• The Getting Things Done Method by David Allen

I'm not sure if The Flylady link is working, but if not, you know what to search for.
Welcome to thread #8 of Hoarders Anonymous. Thread #8. We Are Keeping On Keeping On. Fighting The Cluttered Fight (and winning, one small step at a time).

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This is going to be short as i have an issue with an eye, and can't see too well .

@Elleherd I do hope you are feeling better as a,result of the enforced bed rest. You've still done more than me.

@WearyAuldWumman what a nerve cutting a hole in the bush. There's no respect.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

@WearyAuldWumman It's hard going but actually learning to be wasteful, is something many of us on here need to do. By saving so much because 'others could use it' or 'it seems wasteful to bin it' we clutter up our lives and homes, businesses etc.

Well done fixing the gate and patching the hole. Cheeky sods just cutting through it! One answer might be planting a holly cutting in the hole. They take getting trodden on well, and grow fast if watered.
Hopefully some of your seeds take.

@Solo Ten to one - I have more than you needing doing anyway, so it probably works out not so different. Sorry your eye is continuing to cause problems. I doubt I'd be coping with that.

Yesterday was more watering, and moving some large garden stuff from a unit . It made it out of the unit which is a start, but instant pain and swelling doing it meant it didn't actually make it into the garden.

Thanks, @Elleherd.

I did already try a holly seedling transplanted from my garden, but it didn't take. I'm going to try again.

The hedge that's at right angles to the one with the hole is hawthorn and that's not quite managed to grow back sufficiently for me to wrap it round the missing area of the mosaic hedge gap that's being used as a thoroughfare now.

I've encouraged it with fertiliser. In the meantime I'm keeping my eye open for seedlings that I can move to the gap and hoping that the willow screen will help to an extent. I previously tried chicken wire, but people just stick in their foot and used it as a stile. The willow runs vertically, so they can't do that with it.