things you do to do one thing
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I am decluttering the living areas for the holidays. I got a good start in my dining room today. I had 3 things to take to the basement, so I left them on the table. While I was working, I thought of a craft I could do with some of the Christmas cards I saved over the last 40 years, so dragged 2 big boxes of old Christmas cards out of the room I'm using for storage until I get organized. I also wanted to check the numerous strings of lights I found in the basement to see if any worked. So after getting the mail, looking for a life insurance policy, checking my bank balance, chatting with my daughter for a few minutes, making bean soup and a salad, eating, and working on the project, I thought I would take the 3 items to the basement and bring up some of the lights. One of the items is a pottery frog, so I meant to put it on a shelf in the far room of the basement with other pottery items. As I walked through the rooms, and turned on lights, I saw that a box of framed paintings had slid off the box they were sitting on. Luckily there was no damage. But as I was looking at the pictures with a flashlight, because the crash had blocked my access to the light, I saw there was a box of kitchen items that had been under the paintings. I knew I had another box of utensils somewhere! I had told my other daughter last week I'd look for some vintage utensils for her. I was able to move the box of painting to one side and move the box of utensils. And saw a tub I had kind of been looking for. So I moved that to the lighted area. I had set the frog on a table, so I got that while I was in the lit room and made my way to the room with the shelf. I took a quick peek in the tub, but it wasn't the one I wanted. While I was looking in the tub, I remembered I moved a box of lights the other day and grabbed it. And got it back upstairs. I am worn out. It is unbelievable to me that after all that work, the dining room is still cluttered, right now, worse than when I started.
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I've been permanently decluttering over the last year and a half. I'm a minimalist at heart so it feels pretty good, and it sure makes it easy to keep things clean and orderly. Good luck.
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