Comments on: Dash and Stash

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:34:43 +0000

I just found this website. Finally help! I am going to try the emergency cleaning tonight, then room by room. I’ll be reading up on other articles but thanks for the advice. I’m so stressed and the house is a mess. If I ever get it cleaned and organized I swear it will never get this bad again. Reading this I thought of the many dash and stash boxes in my office. Nice to know I’m not alone.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:04:47 +0000

This is a great article! I am (unfortunately) one of those who dashes and stashes! I have several piles and boxes in my spare bedroom that have not been looked through for ages! How embarrassing…. But this was such a good read for me. I needed the advice. Thanks!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:55:01 +0000

Oh gosh. I know what you ladies are going through. I have so much clutter around my house and it’s driving me insane! Mail all over the place! I think thats the biggest issue. My problem is that i procrastinate. Even when i try to clean, something distracts my attention away. What can i do?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:21:34 +0000

I am an only childred so I have everything my mother had at her dealth. I have given my things away and replaced them with my mother’s things. There are a lot of this I could not face alone. My friend and I went into the room where I had stored her things. I decided if I wanted something or if I did not want it. I handed her the things I did not want. She decided Good Will, special person for things like sewing that I would never use, or trash. Everyweek we went into the room. Finally I could see the floor. My son came over and took all my papers to a temperary make area with a shreader. Everyday I go and shread papers for at list an hour. I have given thing with sentimental value to members of the family. The Christmas things I need to go through now. It was my mothers favorite event. I want most of it and use it for Christmas. I was thinking about just looking at one box a day I need a place to put the boxes I want, after I go through them.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:56:05 +0000

I am glad I discovered this website. I just have to start acting on my problem of clutter and keep a journal. Thanks for all the comments. I will read them daily for motivation.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 17:07:03 +0000

It’s been a slow process and a great learning tool, that as I finally declutter a space, it gets eaiser to pick up quickly. I have been working about 2 years on undoing a decade of clutter. As I clear a spot and find homes for possesions I take time either each day or several times a week to go over table tops and other surfaces putting back what was left out. The first step is always reducing what you have and don’t really need to own. Clutter attrats more clutter. Having a neat space encourages more neat spaces. After you do that and assign homes for what you own it becomes easier to make it a habit to clean up every day. (it will take time and can be done) Habits take time to develope and they only happen after you do them over and over.

By: betty

betty — Sat, 24 May 2003 01:22:55 +0000

hi evie, there just might be a few answers to this timeless question. certainly you realize that unless you maintain EVERY DAY things are bound to get messy. another theory, which for me holds much truth, is that we hoard because we grew up poor and needed to save everything “just in case” we need it someday. and since i am again low income i have tamed these ways by TRUSTING that it’s okay to get rid of this clutter because my Higher Power will provide me with whatever i need in the future one way or another. for me, hanging on to all the “mess” is like saying that i don’t have faith in my Higher Power. since i realized this i have gotten rid of nearly ALL my excess clutter and am constantly going through and getting rid of more!
good luck to you in your quest for neatness!

By: evie

evie — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:13:08 +0000

Why do people because messy and hord alot of junk, you clean up one week and the next week the looks starts to look the same way. Can someone answer this question for me because I am a very messy person I dont mean to be and I am getting very tired of being this way.