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[quote=Anonymous]Cleaning is just one part of it.  Tidying up is just another.

The real part is you have to constantly be running a background process (to use a computer term) of [i]throwing stuff away[/i].  Either garbage, or goodwill, or thrift store, whatever.  If Stuff In &gt; Stuff Out over any given period, your house will get full.  You may not see the clutter, but every closet and cabinet will be filled.

Cabinets and storage areas should have 10-20% empty space, so there's always room to put something in a hurry.  If they're all crammed and you go in there seldom, it probably isnt stuff you &quot;need&quot;!

I learned from watching my father...he was constantly throwing out stuff.  We always thought he was out of line, but he kept the house from getting too full.  He has backed off in the past few years and my parents really have some cleaning out to do.  Mom is a level-1 hoarder (just a level 1, no biggie) but its there.

[i]You have to learn to part with things[/i], to be comfortable with that and not always wondering &quot;I could use this one day!&quot;[/quote]

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