Decluttering Disaster

 I was reading some posts from last year, I wrote about how I was going to declutter, throw out things that we don't need, really downsize! 

I did, I threw away a lot of stuff. I remember Hannah helping me; she was ruthless! She would tell me that I don't need to keep every single thing that I have, that old notebooks, that belonged to students I don't even remember, can go!  That textbooks that are so out of date should be thrown away. The clothes that are 5 sizes too small and outdated should be in the trash, not hanging in the closet. She could get a bit scary!

I threw out so much stuff. I thought I was winning the clutter war. Until I went to find something in the storage room the other day!

The storage room

According to Google Earth, this building is 9 meters long; this room spans the entire building.

If I did so well with decluttering, how come I still have so much stuff up there? It's not just my stuff, but everybody's things!

Once it cools down I will get up there. I need help, as many of the boxes are quite heavy.

Another space is the cupboard in my room!

Sigh!

The bottom is alright, my books.

The top has become "I don't know where it belongs, so put it there for now"

I promised myself I wouldn't do that. That moving here would be a new start, and I would stop collecting things, holding onto things, because I feel it's a waste to throw them away.

So another thing on my list!  

I'll wait until the weather cools down a bit, then tackle these problems.

Another area is the kitchen. I love kitchen goods, pots, pans, bowls, any gadget, and of course, tableware. The problem is that this kitchen has very limited and awkward storage. The cupboards under the counter are difficult to access. I would love to have big drawers, so I could pull them out and see what's in there.  I have a lot of very big pots, which were great when there were six of us, but now we are only four, soon just three, so I think some of the larger pots will have to go in storage.

I keep thinking I don't have anything to do, but I think it's more a case of not wanting to do things, just putting them off.

I will get this done!!!