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[quote=Anonymous]Okay 1, you just listed like 8 excuses for internet strangers who don’t know you. Dealing with all that guilt is really hard, so don’t do it this week. Try to coach yourself as if you were a good friend talking to you.

As a good friend/child of cluttered people, let me help:

“This is just stuff!! You are not a bad person because your house is cluttered. You are loved and worthy and nobody is perfect. Remember how clean Patrick Bateman’s apartment was? That’s because he was a murdering psychopath.”

“We are not going to get to perfection this week and that is perfectly okay. This is not a pass/fail project. We get partial credit! For literally anything you manage to get rid of, there is a benefit. So we’re just going to work until we’re out of time and all of that work will count and help, even if it is not all ‘done’ and you still have ‘too much stuff.’””

“This is hard work with a lot of emotions. It’s okay to get frustrated, to take breaks, and to ask for help.”

“It’s really great that you care about yourself and your family enough to spend all this time trying to make their space more functional and welcoming.”

Can you tell I have said all these things before? That’s how I know they’re true. As best you can, ignore your own inner monologue and say this. Your inner monologue can wait until you have time for years of therapy. It will still be there next week, waiting for you.

In terms of strategy, I think you could do worse than reading and following Marie Kondo’s book. Basically she has you tackle one category at a time by piling everything up, purging, and then putting it back in an organized fashion. It works for me as a method, and you have a nice chunk of time. But if you read it and are repelled, there are lots of others out there!

You could also hire an organizer to help you, or even just a task rabbit. Sometimes having someone else helps a lot if you are stuck.

Good luck!! Go you!! I believe in you![/quote]

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