yes my room is a little messy. The thing about messiness that bothers me is if it's in an area that everyone shares- i can't stand a messy kitchen, living room, and ESPECIALLY bathroom.
my mom isn't an extreme hoarder, but she's like kept 2 smoothie blenders never been used for years. When i ask her about it, she says we might need it... uh we have another blender we use for smoothies. And like when I was a kid we had a storage unit filled to the gils with crap- everything in there got lost because she got delinquient on payments. Kinda a blessing in disguise, even though im sure there were a few things (ie photos) that were lost and can't be recovered. But its one of those things, that if ya kept it nice in the first place, we never would have had that problem.
And my mom doesn't throw things away immediately- makes me angry if i think about it so i try not to. She wonders why she can't find anything, and it's like maybe if you threw away the junk mail, old reciepts, or just put things in the same place everytime you wouldn't have this problem. It always takes her like 5 minutes to find her keys in her purse. like omggggg- get a smaller purse (which i have bought for her years ago)
her answer is always "we might need it"
ugh. its frustrating for me, but at the same time, I accept that that's the way she is and try not change it. and again, it's not horrible, but the way she organizes things makes no sense to me. yeah i can't wait to have my own place, i can keep it sparkling clean, and not worry about other people's messes. I've been trying to get rid of my own clutter- and I've been doing pretty well, I think. I've sold things I've never thought I'd sell, and I've been able to get rid of things from childhood. I have a hard time getting rid of things, usually because I can't afford a proper replacement. I'm really not that bad, I try to go on the rule, if you haven't used it or done the goal in a year (sometimes 6 months- if it's just really in the way) then get rid of it. And sometimes I will just put things in a box for awhile, and realize that I never touched it, and it makes it easier to get rid of it. I have a better time giving things to goodwill than throwing them out completely. It's easier for me to keep possessions around than people :/. But I want to simplify my life, and that means tossing out clutter....
