It sounds like you're doing well in recovery on your own. If that changes and you decide you need more help, you can check out Clutterers Anonymous. I've been going to CLA meetings for a couple of months, and it's been really helpful.
Sounds like a cool group. I am doing well on my own. I just had to back up and look at what my priorities are. When I didn't have enough supplies to be sure of being able to create during times I don't have money, it was more of a priority replacing my studio. Now that space and energy are more of an issue, organization is.
Also it's a matter of some things having served their purpose that now need to go into someone else's hands where they'll get more use.
I've developed a scarcity mentality and it's caused me to hang onto a whole bunch of stuff that I really don't need. I do it even though I know consciously that it's not the stuff that will help me the most now. (Some people have issues, I have subscriptions.) And that having the money that I currently spend on storage would help me a lot more than the stuff I'm storing. But my subconscious is still terrified of not having.
That and I feel guilty about getting rid of stuff. But I feel a lot less guilty if I'm giving my old clothes to Goodwill or packing up some seriously 70s ugly towels to donate to a cat rescue. (The kitties won't care that they're harvest gold.) I like that in CLA there's the term "releasing." Intellectually I know that it's the same as just plain getting rid of stuff, but my unconscious is a lot happier about it.
But I really like the image of the ship's carpenter's workshop.
Yeah, I know that feeling. I've had a scarcity mentality for most of my life. I didn't make much money and I was living so far under the poverty line I had to crick my neck to look up at it during my New Orleans years. Good idea to give old towels to a cat rescue - the cats will really appreciate them.
I'm starting to give away more stuff that's student grade to trim down - and shifting over to getting Kindle free books instead of every physical freebie I can get hold of. That's helped a lot - I've got over 200 of them now and all in the same very small space.
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Also it's a matter of some things having served their purpose that now need to go into someone else's hands where they'll get more use.
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I've developed a scarcity mentality and it's caused me to hang onto a whole bunch of stuff that I really don't need. I do it even though I know consciously that it's not the stuff that will help me the most now. (Some people have issues, I have subscriptions.) And that having the money that I currently spend on storage would help me a lot more than the stuff I'm storing. But my subconscious is still terrified of not having.
That and I feel guilty about getting rid of stuff. But I feel a lot less guilty if I'm giving my old clothes to Goodwill or packing up some seriously 70s ugly towels to donate to a cat rescue. (The kitties won't care that they're harvest gold.) I like that in CLA there's the term "releasing." Intellectually I know that it's the same as just plain getting rid of stuff, but my unconscious is a lot happier about it.
But I really like the image of the ship's carpenter's workshop.
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I'm starting to give away more stuff that's student grade to trim down - and shifting over to getting Kindle free books instead of every physical freebie I can get hold of. That's helped a lot - I've got over 200 of them now and all in the same very small space.
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