Decluttering Q&A 3.5.24

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02.22: What if you already drug everything out?

07.08: Friends want to look at stuff before I get rid of it. Honesty scared I might grab some things too. Have you empierced this too?

09.42: I am getting stuck throwing out my garbage right away because I have to parade it past all of my apartment neighbors. I feel so vulnerable about the amount. Any tips to help with this?

12.54: Dana would you explain your "TAKE IT THERE NOW" method?

16.56: I recently removed all the toys from my mom's house. It has tripled the amount of toys in my house. They're attached to the toys. The toys we have were already within the container concept. How?

19.37: Having a really hard time getting started today. How do kick yourself in the pants when you really don't feel like it?

22.39: How do I best declutter baby clothes? I've saved bigger clothes for them to grow into and smaller clothes that are sentimental. They all feel so useful and loved. Any advice?

25.11: I have designated places for some things, I know I can find them there but I don't really like where I put them. If I ask where would I put them. It wouldn't be there. I'm too lazy to start over.

26.23: We got mice. What do I do? Home behind a farm. I'm a recovering hoarder, partially disabled. 2much stuff 2 catch mice and clean fast. Overwhelming. Dysfunctional family/autism etc.

29.01: Were you ever to embarrassed when dating to have your boyfriend come over? How can one overcome the embarrassment?

31.43: Can we hire you to coach us?

33.05: Gardening season is upon us and I want to make time for that without having my house fall apart. Advice?

34.24: Any ideas for getting through a mental block to finish the dishes? It is hard for me physically, but I have gotten within 1 or 2 items done and I can't seem to get them all done.

37.12: I have a question about your no mess method. I was cleaning off a shelf. It was full of mostly vases. I wanted to take all the vases off the shelf so I could wash them. I have many vases. Then I put some of my favorite ones back. Then my time was done. I still had several vases on the table and no time left to decide where they would go so I left a bit of a mess. Your advice?

39.40: Would you say your clutter threshold has changed as you kids got older/moved out?

42.07: Are you working on your next book already?

42.28: How do you balance a low threshold, when you still like the things you still have, and have space for it? But it's just too much.