Is this your parents stuff, your stuff, or a mixture of both? Maybe it's about setting small, bite-sized goals. I know that I am a terrible clutterholic, but if I do small tasks like a pile/corner of a room per day, I manage to get through it eventually :-)
Mainly my stuff (presently) - books - I am addicted to buying books it seems. But there is my mom and dad's stuff mixed in too which makes it emotional. Their stuff makes me sad and my stuff makes me disgusted (at myself). I am doing better right now with it - going over there for 1/2 hour or one hour at a time. But I set myself a goal of getting the one room totally cleared today (this weekend) and that is bringing the disappointment (self-pity?) out. We still have the kitchen to do - that is mainly my mother's stuff and will be very emotional.
I have similar thoughts, along the lines of "When I die, I don't want my daughter to have to do with my stuff, what I had to do with my mom's. I understand where you're coming from.
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