Declutter+Reduce= Life a litte more under control.

A few days ago, I watched Oprah, which I rarely do, but it was a down day and I didn't want to get off the couch.  On that day she was doing a show on hoarders.  Wow, there was so much info. on that.  But let me preface this before I get to into this.  I AM NOT A HOARDER. 

Okay, with that out of the way....I watched the show with eyes shocked at how something like that could happen and why.  But, just like the expert Peter Walsh concluded, those who do this are suffering from something much more complicated than just keeping stuff. I do understand how this can happen....first it starts with getting a little of this and not keep track of the fact that you have already bought something just like or the actual same thing just a little bit ago.  So it starts little and with little awareness, next thing you know you have a house full of "stuff."

I have on many occasions labeled my poor husband as a closet hoarder.  He keeps a lot of "stuff."  I actually asked him one time if they thought he was a hoarder to any degree.  Of course, he vehemently told me no.  I think he took offense.  After a while though, he told me he thought about my question and gave me this answer, which to this day aches my heart, but makes me love him more...this is not verbatim:

" I keep things because I have had so many things and people 'taken' from me.  I like to have my 'stuff' and 'family' close.  I love them...I just want them with me."

I have seen him live his life with that statement in his every action.  He loves to be with his family.  He loves to help out his siblings, if he can.  He loves being with his Dad and to help him and to learn from him...It is his way of "keeping them close."  Some may not understand that, but after all of these years I get it.

I, on the other had, am a chucker.  I don't hold to much. I think that is because I have never had much, and I have learned, "You do what you gotta do, when gotta do it and  You have what you have so work with it."  So I don't like to really keep stuff around.  I tried the collecting thing, then I realized I was collecting stuff I "don't need."  So I quit, and I still have that "stuff."

Now, I am trying to get rid of that "stuff" and  I am hoping you/your friends can help me.

At the top & to the left of this post is a link to items I am "simplifying"with in hopes that it will benefit the life of someone else.

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