I'm not a really bad hoarder. I used to be much worse. I used to have lots of rubbermaid containers piled to the ceiling and impassable rooms. I once lived a week with an uneaten can of beans open and sitting in a bowl and I watched it mold over. I used to have to call people to come help bail me out of my messes because they became so big and unruly I couldn't get rid of them myself anymore. As serious as my hoarding was in the past, I've seen even worse than that. I don't want to become that way.
Last night as I went to bed my bed had been overcome by things and I had a panic attack and started crying. I can't live that way. I won't.
Someone very close to me is also suffering from this same issue. I told her to start getting rid of 25 things a day. I can't tell her to do that and then not do that for myself.
So here is my challenge. Toss 25 things a day. And that's it. That's all I'm doing. I don't know why I'm making a big deal about it, except I feel like my mess has gotten out of control again which feels like such a setback.
Most of my things are trash/recycling so for now I'm focusing on things like junk mail, receipts, bags, boxes, and empty containers of hygiene products. After I get rid of all of those, at least 25 or more a day, I will begin focusing on donations or gifts or even selling things. (Selling things, the action that bleeds hoarders' hearts dry and kills them in the night!)
If you follow me on Instagram you can see daily videos of me showing progress and tossing 25 things a day. I feel like if I don't share my journey that I'll have nothing to hold me accountable because nobody ever visits.
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