[Kiara.I]

Originally Posted by RealLifeMama

I that book!
So funny!

I finally picked up a copy at a used bookstore when I spotted it.

I really don't think I could handle the card system. I'd be way overwhelmed, just like they were when they started.

I prefer the "develop one habit at a time and stick with it" method. Now, if I could just *DO* that...

blagosloven, clutter's a big thing for me, too. If there's a flat surface, there's a pile one it. I've actually been doing really well at sorting through stuff lately, but it doesn't even count. Because (cue ominous music...) it's all a whole ton of boxes that just came to light in my parents' basement. So, I've been pitching a ton of stuff but my DH convinced me (why, oh why did I listen) that we should just toss the "keep" stuff in other boxes and deal with it later. So, none of it has homes yet. How does he think those other boxes happened in the first place??? Why did I let him convince me this was a good idea???

Anyway, I've pared the pile of 12 boxes down to 2 boxes being kept, so at least there's progress. But I honestly think it's harder to go through the stuff I want to keep to find homes for it.

I'm a huge fan of "a place for everything and everything in its place." It's just that...well...I actually don't know how to figure out where things should live. I think maybe I need to invite my ex-messy friend over to help me. She can just look at me with that faintly "tsk" sort of expression and say, "That should live in *this* place." And I'll think and and wonder *why* I couldn't have figured that out for myself. But at least it will thereafter have a home.