I have done a little more since April 1st! Now I am having a 'senior moment' trying to remember what it was.
Oh yes! I lent three pieces of furniture to a friend who has just set up an apartment larger than mine. I also lent him my vacuum cleaner, long term, leaving me without one, which my bachelor friend Len thinks was a stroke of genius.
(One of my fridge magnets says, "Housework never killed anyone, but why take the risk?", so it must be true)
My friend Patience is a keen reader and will take any books I don't want, read the ones she likes and give the rest to charity.
Len will take my tarpaulin and give it to his son.
Because Helen bought my swag and gave me a good price, I plant to give her an inflatable double mattress, if she wants it.
Why am I telling you all this?
- I discovered my April 1st post on decluttering was popular
- To help fellow hoarders
I am negotiating the loan of my coffee table to a friend with a larger apartment. I can enjoy it when I visit.
I am putting my obsolete iMac computer on top of the stereo stand, because it has good speakers and is now an alternative source of music in my apartment.
I am still holding onto my obsolete laptop. Where do you take them for responsible recycling? In this case keeping it was fortunate. I need to get some data from a friend and it can only be done using (obsolete) floppy disks, because she has an (obsolete) computer too. After that it will go (but what if I need to do that again one day; this is the hoarder's nightmare)
To people with large dwellings I plead: ask your friends if you can make their lives easier by storing their junk for them.
- I will not have room that turns into "the junk room" no matter how I rearrange the place.
- I will be able to walk around with ease, rather than around obstacles.
- I will know when I have succeeded when I feel a warm glow
The conceptual breakthrough:
You can give the stuff away...
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