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How to Demolish the Pile, Part 2

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After a dive into the Decision-Making Guide, we are ready for part 2 of Pile Demolition (you can read part 1 here). In the first part, we covered step one, which is sorting out a pile into 2 containers: 1) things that have an action, and 2) things that need a decision. With the help of the Decision-Making Guide, step two was to sort the second container into things you definitely want to keep (stays in the container), and things that need to go away (put into a donation box or throw … [Read more...] about How to Demolish the Pile, Part 2

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How to Demolish the Pile

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In a previous post, I talked about 5 Reasons You Pile Things.  Now let’s take a look at how to actually get rid of the pile. Step One: Sort into Two Containers First, get two containers (you could use boxes, baskets, bins--whatever will hold a stack of stuff).  Second, quickly sort everything into the containers: 1) needs an action, 2) needs a decision. The key here is to sort quickly!  Do not stop to read things or work on projects.  Just whiz through the pile as fast as you can identify … [Read more...] about How to Demolish the Pile

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5 Reasons You Pile Things and How You Can Stop

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Excavating Piles A while back I excavated one of my (many) piles to get a sense of exactly what ends up in my piles and why I was making piles. From a single pile that had been sitting on my bedroom floor for several months, there were approximately 70 (!) items: sticky notes magazines paint chips for a project mail old math manipulatives a spare button packet receipts recipes file folders notes and (strangely) old lenses from my glasses I actually listed … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons You Pile Things and How You Can Stop

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The Declutter Diaries: Day 31

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The Declutter Diaries is a series of posts I did for a former blog as a glimpse inside a real decluttering project [with occasional editorial comments from my present self].  You can start with Day One here. Read Day 30 Decluttering File Cabinets After 10 trips up and down two flights of stairs moving school stuff, I decided that was enough trips to the basement for today.  I went through two file cabinet drawers and culled a stack of papers to be tossed.  This created enough space to … [Read more...] about The Declutter Diaries: Day 31

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The Declutter Diaries: Day 16

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The Declutter Diaries is a series of posts I did for a former blog as a glimpse inside a real decluttering project [with occasional editorial comments from my present self].  You can start with Day One here. Read Day 15 Don’t Put It Down Today I moved to zone 2, which I decided would be “the rest of the rooms.”  This includes two bedrooms, living room, bathroom, and hallways.  I’m trying to speed things up some and will “attempt” to do one room a day this week. The master bedroom was … [Read more...] about The Declutter Diaries: Day 16

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In The Beginning, There Were Piles

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My mother is one of those people who is just naturally neat. Even my two brothers are neat, organized people. Our house was always tidy and clean, with one glaring exception: my bedroom. Somehow I missed out on the “neat gene.” My room was always chaotic and overstuffed. Oh, I had my neatness attacks and cleaned up every so often, but it wasn’t sustainable. Before long my room would devolve into chaos again. The piles moved around; they were fruitful and multiplied When I grew up, I didn’t … [Read more...] about In The Beginning, There Were Piles

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