I have way too much shit. When I began packing a year ago to move here for my new, awesome job, I initially tried to sort through items as I was putting things in boxes. Unfortunately time constraints between packing, needing to leave for the new locale by the 5th and still having to finish up my job - setting up a contingency book and writing down everything I knew so others could try to fill my shoes - left little time to really delve into everything I owned and sort through books, clothes, and papers to either sell, donate or recycle.
This past year I had set a goal to go through a box a week, which is really hard to do with the way I packed (re: tossed) things in boxes. So eventually I gave up. Well, this past weekend I tried to begin again and grabbed the first box in my storage unit. Sadly, it was filled with papers and papers and more papers. If I felt safe about just dumping it all I would, but I don't. I have no idea what I put where, one box could have articles I rip out of magazines mixed in with receipts or medical info, so inevitably I have to look at everything.
So I'm in need of a new plan for this process. Any suggestions?
I do know that I need a better plan over all - like filing things right away when they come in and reading the magazines right away and then getting rid of things before they pile up. It just has become an avalanche lately and I'm not sure how to dig myself out.
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I had to do this with my husband's stuff when we got married and he moved in... cookie tins full of medical records and socks...it took me 2 years to go through everything. Good for you... the only way to get through it is to get through it! Might help break the habit too =)
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