Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-2600:1700:38C0:E350:7443:97E3:CE6C:583E-20190115221945/@comment-37437697-20190129181319

YES YES YES! AND  NO NO NO! I read her book last year and thought it was fabulous. I have also read The Gentle art of Swedish Death Cleaning. I read many others and tried flylady. I was once this organized. I am glad she is on netflix I am hoping to get a boost by watching it.

Nevertheless, marriage, childbirth after 42 and deep depression for the next 20 years have slowed me down. I desperately wish I could have someone beside me to guide me. I have also researched and almost joined at one point the national organization for organizers. However, I discovered through reading their by-laws that they have a distinct stigma toward and are grossly misinformed about people with depression, IE a mental illness. We are not stupid, lazy uneducated slobs. I do not want help from anyone who carries these assumptions.

De-cluttering is a sensitive business, and as elsewhere on this forum someone said downsizing her books was painful, imagine entire households with treasures hidden and not enjoyed because of constant re arranging in an effort to accommodate husband, children pets and real illness.

I have "de-cluttered" numerous times and even researched and hired a professional estate group at one point. That disaster nearly sent me to the hospital. In-laws passing loaded us up and required several decluttering’s.

I know that we need routine, furniture that fits the size of our small home and suits the functions we need.

We were going to revamp the 60-year-old kitchen, which I already stripped and repainted all the cabinets and wallpapered and installed new lightening. BUT my husband put his foot through the ceiling from the attic, the cats have stripped the wallpaper from the corners and the borders from places in the ceiling,  the dust and fur and grime from my husband's cooking cling to everything, AND

Our daughter is going to be going to college this year; we are on a fixed income so no new cabinets much less kitchen.

Sorry for the long rant, but I am so frustrated, overwhelmed and depressed, as a former interior designer I am a big failure.😢