No, I did not resolve to clean house this year. That would have given me 365 days to get the job done. Of course, I'd continue to procrastinate, so I am working on a new outlook.
I want visitors. I want to be able to call a friend or neighbor and say, "Come on over for ..." I can't do that now. Yes, true friends should love me and not be concerned with my mess; however, I know the mess is a detractor. So today, the first Monday of 2016, I am beginning to get rid of some of the clutter. I am not attached to any of the stuff being cleared away at this point. This is truly clutter: unopened junk mail, fliers, magazines, empty boxes, etc. The meaningful items will come later.
Tuesdays are trash pickup days. My goal is to fill my 32 gallon recycle bin, fill my 32 gallon trash can, and fill at least one heavy duty construction bag. That may not seem like much, but it IS.
So just a short entry today. I'm off to fill those receptacles and drag them to the alley.
I suppose I should really consider photographing some of this process. Before pictures will be painful, but I think I need to see the evidence. Clearly I am not seeing it on a daily basis. Now I have a new aspect of all of this to consider. Ugh.
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