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This is what I silently tell myself as I keep up the pace of working to declutter the mountains of papers clothes and clutter in my home. "Keep at it!! in a...
anniev2lht
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Dec 1, 2006
10:42 am
66617
Annie, Very inspiring post! I agree ... it didn't get like this overnight, and it won't get to clean and pristine that way, either. I'm reminded of my bathtub...
Cynthia
k8smom2001
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Dec 1, 2006
2:48 pm
66618
Yay, Chrys! Good work! You give me hope that I'll one day slay the Paper Tiger! Cynthia -- www.cynthiareese.net...
Cynthia
k8smom2001
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Dec 1, 2006
2:50 pm
66619
Here's some fun I had with getting rid of 30+ years of recipe clippings: Each week, I closed my eyes (yes, I did) and picked two recipes from my recipe...
smellofsawdust
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Dec 1, 2006
6:52 pm
66620
And Texas. ... [mailto:messiestalk@yahoogroups.com]...
redtop722001
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Dec 1, 2006
7:03 pm
66621
YES! One fine day, you will slay the Paper Tiger! This morning I was working on maintaing and going through a box of papers. Most of them went otd...and I...
Crys
cryscummins
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Dec 1, 2006
7:23 pm
66622
I sneak up on sorting by doing it while watching a dvd or tv show. My mind gets "distracted" by the show so it is not drudgery. I don't go into fine...
Linda Hawthorne
baachoo330
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Dec 1, 2006
7:38 pm
66623
As I said in another post, worked on a box of papers and most went otd. The usual maintain is done. Took time to work with dd19 on her budgeting, which...
Crys
cryscummins
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Dec 1, 2006
7:50 pm
66624
My paper tiger has to be fed every day. I am a business owner who's office is my computer. ... Linda Hawthorne...
Linda Hawthorne
baachoo330
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Dec 1, 2006
7:54 pm
66625
I got two minutes then I have to make a sandwhich for dd. I've been on here for 15.40 so I figured a post then off. I think I might do my room,putting laundry...
butter_flysin2005
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Dec 1, 2006
8:38 pm
66626
I've recently "noticed" that if true junk mail (not addressed to a family member by name) arrives, I automatically deposit in the bedroom paperbasket. My...
Susan Richards
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Dec 1, 2006
10:48 pm
66627
Thank you to everyone who has participated in my research looking at ADHD and disorganization. If you tried recently to participate and were having problems...
isragal
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Dec 1, 2006
11:30 pm
66628
i got up, made the bed, got dressed, put on a load of washing (laundry), walked the dog while it was cool, washed the dog and cat bowls (all 6 - how did i end...
bluefilly
bluefillyausi
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Dec 1, 2006
11:34 pm
66629
what about vowing not to keep fiction books after you have read them. put them in a box, and when the box is full, give it to a charity, or a library. or try...
bluefilly
bluefillyausi
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Dec 1, 2006
11:51 pm
66630
... Lol we had a major snowstorm of 12 inches in the chicago area. Wasn't bad in my area but worse up north. Linda Hawthorne...
Linda Hawthorne
baachoo330
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Dec 2, 2006
12:39 am
66631
I put the whole unopen envelope in the shredder. ... Linda Hawthorne...
Linda Hawthorne
baachoo330
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Dec 2, 2006
12:45 am
66632
so many times I have asked myself----- How did you get in this mess?? There is no answer within my mind, because I do not really know how or why it happened?? ...
anniev2lht
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Dec 2, 2006
12:37 pm
66633
DONNA thank you so much YOU ARE SO RIGHT! my aunt is doing a little better now... now even though i didn't do ANY de cluttering the last couple days, i will...
ginger
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Dec 2, 2006
2:40 pm
66634
I think your dh is absolutely right, at least in my case. I know that too often I buy little things that I don't really need and then they just become more...
redtop722001
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Dec 2, 2006
4:54 pm
66635
In another context at work, we came up with a related saying, "You have to stop feeding the beast" or you won't ever be able to slay it....
redtop722001
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Dec 2, 2006
4:57 pm
66636
10:49 am: so far today a lot has been accomplished this morning. - figured out how to use tie-wraps and velcro strips to keep the oversized mattress pad in...
redtop722001
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Dec 2, 2006
5:03 pm
66637
Dear Annie, Thank you so much for your words of wisdom, hope, and encouragement. I am fairly new to this board and mostly read the incoming emails. I want...
MaryJ
msev77
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Dec 2, 2006
6:43 pm
66638
Great advice about the books -- when my mother died, she had over 750 paperback books (I don't think she read the majority) because her boss's wife, daughter,...
Dawn Budd
starrd616
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Dec 2, 2006
6:49 pm
66639
WHAT?! Get rid of BOOKS?! And MAGAZINES?! And how did you know that I keep pages from them? I'm getting nervous just typing these things....Thanks for the...
smellofsawdust
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Dec 2, 2006
6:54 pm
66640
How many of us have more books than shelves.....duh? I have a 2 shelf bookshelf in my bedroom, books stacked on the shelves, on top of the book shelf (hey...
Cheryl Blackwell
cherylluvskids
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Dec 2, 2006
7:25 pm
66641
I read somewhere about unfinished projects......it said to calculate how many years you have left to live. Men live to be approximately 70 and women live to...
Cheryl Blackwell
cherylluvskids
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Dec 2, 2006
7:26 pm
66642
I don't know if you are married but the only things in my bedroom are my clothes and things relating to my hubby and myself. No cds or books or anything...
Linda Hawthorne
baachoo330
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Dec 2, 2006
7:47 pm
66643
Remember with the internet nothing resally NEEDS to be saved. It is there at the click of a button. If it is a necessity today. It will still be...
Linda Hawthorne
baachoo330
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Dec 2, 2006
7:48 pm
66644
3:33 pm: mid-afternoon report - vacuumed and mopped kitchen. - cleaned things off top of boxes in office. - sorted out one box of papers, going back as far as...
redtop722001
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Dec 2, 2006
9:36 pm
66645
5:14 pm: late afternoon report - one more box emptied. - one more trash bag of shredding ready to go otd. My desktop has piles of papers on it now; they are...
redtop722001
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Dec 2, 2006
11:25 pm
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