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[quote=Anonymous]I took off work today and next week to tackle my house that has was barely hanging on but got completely out of control because

- working a ton of overtime every night after kids went to bed (hence comp time now to take this on) so have just been doing the bare minimum home stuff mainly in the kitchen 
- husband and at least one of two kids have ADHD and don't notice the trails of stuff they leave behind them
- I notice the clutter and end up picking up after others but haven't developed good systems to keep it under control
- basement flood meant moving a lot of stuff stored there into the main living area
- reason we had a lot of stuff in the unfinished basement in the first place was that we were posted overseas over the summer and still haven't processed stuff that was boxed up before we left and stuff we brought home (short notice on the summer opportunity led to panic packing and boxing so we could rent out our house in a hurry, so unfortunately there's important stuff mixed in with not so important stuff)
- parents dumped a bunch of family stuff into our attic before they downsized and no one had time to go through it but the space is stuffed
- sentimental
- not a huge house 1800 square feet
- before going overseas our biweekly house cleaner moved away and we haven't found someone new. The last couple months taught me that having to pick up before cleaning every two weeks was the only thing keeping our heads above water, so once I get this stuff out of the way we will reinstate.

So any tips? I'm staring at stacks of boxes and stuff feeling overwhelmed. I know the secret is to get rid of stuff. We're at the point where probably most of what needs to get donated has been shoved into closets and drawers and the stuff we use regularly is out surrounding me. I'm scared to start pulling out more stuff out and making the mess worse, but maybe I need to?

Does anyone know good strategies to not be completely overwhelmed?[/quote]

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