Understanding my Hoarding

I getting to know about my hoarding by reading and listening to others about hoarding.
This year coming I have already made my commitment to clean one room at a time and get rid of useless stuff.
It's hard but I'm tackling my problem.

Trash Day

Tomorrow is trash day and I feel a lost because I threw out my last weeks newspapers and refused to let them pile up.  I know this is a accomplishment but it still feels like a lost to me.
I'm determined to write everyday about my hoarding.

Each Day New Challenge

Every day since I began this journey has been a struggle but a uphill battle that I have accepted.  It's hard to admit you have a problem even when you see it all around you.  Talking about it has been one of the biggest helps for me but again I say I haven't put anything on my steps going upstairs yet (believe me that's not easy).
For anyone going through this stick to one piece at a time and be glad about it.

My Hoarding Digital Story

One bag at a time

Trash out room about
The more I do the more I want to do which is great
Thank you all for your support

Sticking to it

Each day one bag at a time it's no fun
I am happy each day one of my pathways gets a little wider
The support that I have is a foundation for being able to stick to it

I mean to clean

I put the trash out days ago but saw more that needs to go(oh well)
It is something to be aware of yourself and what you need to do but I accept this challenge
I still getting rid of papers that it took over tens years to pile up on me but I'm doing it a little at a time because it can become overwhelming
Thanks for tuning in

Coming to grips facing slips

Followers forgive me not blogging
This struggle is harder than I thought but I shall not avoid this hoarding or my followers
I'm doing a ditigal story on my hoarding which will be finished soon and I will post it.
I've taken before pictures of my home and when I'm finished dehoarding I show the before and after pictures
Thanks to all who read my blog I shall stay strong and continue to tackle this problem
Everyday gets better
I will do my best to post at least every other day
Thanks to you all

Trash out Organize In

I'm finding tackling my hoarding is not a easy thing
I now have piles of old letters, pictures(I found that I forgot I even had), many little piles of pamphlets of information gathered around my dining room.
Getting to all of these piles to get rid of what's not useful is not easy when I have to live around this and take care of other household duties at the same time.
I'm doing good at not bringing in the house no than just the food I eat and throwing out things like plastic soda/pop containers and shredding useless papers with my information on it.
It's a one day at a time down to one hour at a time operation that is working for me right now.

Paper, paper everywhere

The more I get rid of useless paper the more I find I have stuffed, hid, put paper in books, I have even put sheets of paper in folders that I have seen in years, and to top it off I found pictures I took years ago and don't even know when I took them.
I'm clearing shelves of books and going through them also because I have stuffed things in books that don't even related to the topic of the book
This is a long process

Today is Labor Day

Today I'm taking just a small rest. It's been a busy month of August I look forward to the month of September to rid of much more

Today a Music Stand

It stood there in the corner waiting watching me sort newspapers and magazines one of my many music stands that has more than just CD's, adapters hanging on it, folded papers I don't remember what on them, and small plastic bags stuffed into the slots.  I set it in front of me and started removing things piece by piece.
I'm almost finished it was a many hour job.

Last day of Month

This month has been a challenge but I made it through.  I have some space I never new about, found somethings I forgotten about, and made a safety move by clearing my steps which I never thought I would do.  I look forward to clearing and getting rid of things that I know I no longer need but know I may a need to keep.  Believe me its not easy but I'm taking it one day at a time.

More space More place

Today is Sunday and I've gone into the room I sleep in and filled 4 medium plastic bags of all kinds of papers, envelopes, magazines, letters, and pamphlets of all kinds that I have been saving over the years.
I sorted, trashed, and shredded what I knew was no longer needed.  It gave me a slight headache to do this because some things I felt I wanted to keep but knew I needed to throw away.  In the meantime I'm gaining more space to my place.

Clearing my Wallet

I didn't realize that I was carrying my hoarding around with me.  Today I looked at my wallet with a rubberband wrap around it and said to myself this is hoarding too.  I shared this with two people and they looked at my and just smiled but I knew deep inside that I just found out this was another form of hoarding.
I haven't empty my wallet yet but I know I have to.

Junk versus Trash

The last couple of days I've been gathering stuff such as old mail, papers, and anything off of one shelf at a time and putting all of this in one bag and sitting on the couch and going through it to see and know that I have to throw out what is not absolutely important.  Understand I have a battle at times with myself what is important.

Hidden papers,letters, and articles

The I  lost my last post but I'm going to repeat what I said.  The more I go around the house and find stacks of papers and magazines the more find I had hidden other stacks.  I'm pulling no punches and gathering each stack one at a time and getting rid of what is useless.  Its not easy but I'm determined becasue I see I have really piled books, papers, magazines, letters, articles, and notebooks everywhere in my home.  I do see space coming to light as I throw away unneeded items.

Useful and Useless

Today is Sunday and surrounded around me is papers that are useful and useless I didn't understand this before but I cannot stack both together and later hope they separate themselves.  Its taking time to sort these papers and throw out what is useless and understanding that it is mentally draining.  I want to stop and stack but I know that's not the way.  I'm determined.

Learned something

Today I learned that collecting napkins from eating places I frequent and taking extra paper from their restrooms was a part of my hoarding(not a good thing).
I'm going to curb that immdiately.

Coming to be aware

Looking around and seeing I have things that I need to get rid of in piles, stacks, and even in an order such as in sizes and shapes making me realize I need to address them.
Also finding out I don't need to move things from one place to another and not getting rid of nothing.
It is hard to tackle and admit to myself but each day I see a little more space and light.
I purchased three plants small ones to put in windows that I had nothing but junk in.

One drawer one shelf

Again I tackled papers, old letters, envelopes(that I had no idea what was in them), and more newspapers last night and it felt good to look at the space beginning to more look like shelves and places to put things instead of clutter.
I have in the dining room around my sitting area my shredders with a s and waste baskets for the next round.

Getting rid of more newspapers and junk papers

I went from room to room and started collecting papers that I have stacked in each room and in corners of the house that have just been sitting there and going through them and throwing away and sorting what I know I haven't looked at in months

Exposing my hoarding to others

Today is Monday and I shared with two people about my hoarding and how I was dealing with it.
I told them I realized it was a problem when I ended up with just pathways from the front door to the bedroom.
Tomorrow is Tuesday and I will tackle part of my basement.  I know it will be a chore but I'm ready

Shoes a-go-go and gone

Today is Sunday and I am still feeling a little bit of a lost.
Friday was trash pick up and I finally got rid of two pairs of shoes I can call house shoes that I would slip on that we're so old and torn up that I would stumble with them on.
I share with anyone who reads this that it wasn't easy to put them in the trash they were my favorites shoes

August search and discard

Hi everyone including me
This month is search and discard month
Yesterday I just knew where I placed some stamps I bought and went to that spot and found none
I looked everywhere I usually put them and found things I definitely need to throw away and discard completely
Tomorrow is trash day again and I'm getting rid of June reciepts
I will keep you all informed of my quest

Putting things in order

Today I put clothes on a hanger and this week coming I'm going to get rid of what I don't wear and hang up what I do

Putting out the trash

This morning I woke determined to put the newspapers and magazines I've blogged about out on the curb for trash pick up.  I now look at the spaces where the newspapers and magazines had taken up residence and said to myself I will not replace those spaces with clutter.  I find this isn't as easy as just writing and saying it but I'm going to continue to keep these areas clear.

Coming Soon Pictures of my Home

Today I've decided to take pictures of different rooms where I haven't began to dehoard.  They will be posted soon.  Also today I take out the trash and in that trash will be my newspapers and magazines that I've been holding onto for years.  Goodbye I'm saying to myself to my old papers

Reading about other Hoarding

Today on TV news a hoarder of animals, trash, and just miscellaneous things was arrested after he stood naked outside his home and neighbors called police.  The news shows the inside of the home and the police removing dead and alive animals.  What really caught my attention was the person was only one year older then myself. 
I am today gathering my old newspapers and magazines and putting them in large trash containers and getting rid of the clutter.

Organized Chaos

Today with talking with others and sharing my hoarding experiences I found my hoarding isn't just throwing or tossing things around but in some ways organized but putting too many things such as newspapers, magazines, old VCR tapes, in a large or small space.  I notice I will pile and stack things on each other until they will almost topple over then prop or begin another pile right next to that one. 

Shredding a little

This evening I shredding some of my saved reciepts that were several years old.  It felt interesting at first to look at each one then it became easier to shred them faster without checking what I bought but that the reciept date was several years old.  Whew!!!!

Newspapers and Magazines

This morning I'm looking at the newspapers and magazines that I have in the dining room stacked up and I'm making a deep decision to tackle this project starting Monday morning.  I will look through some of them today but I know its going to be hard part with them but I know I must.

Forgot to put trash out

I forgot to put the trash and recycle out Thursday night but didn't have that much trash just a very small bag and a couple of recycle plastic bottles.  I really don't have much trash around but I have to admit I have plenty of newspapers, magazines, and books that I now know need to gotten rid of.  I have to also say when I move my entertainment center to the middle bedroom I discovered I had another shredder that I had bought put together and left in that room.  More and more sharing about my hoarding is helping me realize that I definitely have to get rid of a lot of things that I have kept over the years.

Getting started

Today is the my first entry
I glad to be able to tell others about my doing and undoing about my hoarding
Hello everyone last week I cleared my steps to my upstairs of all my shoes, books, and magazines that were from the bottom step to the top which are about 15 steps altogether
I had to move a entertainment center from downstairs to upstairs and my better half said to me before you move anything upstairs you have to move everything off of your steps so you and I don't get hurt or even damage anything.
At first I said to myself where am I going to put all this stuff then I decided to just move all of it to my dining room until we got my center upstairs.
Once we struggled the center upstairs I was told don't put anything back on the steps that was the hard part.
I wanted to put something anything back on those steps but I didn't.
For three days I went up and down those steps with ease but not in my mind it was a struggle not putting anything on those steps.