The New Year ahead.

I am hoping 2009 will be a good year for me, I am not the sort of person to think too far ahead as it is easier for me to take one day at a time but for some reason I am looking forward to some change and hopefully all for the better. I am such a disorganised person and even though I write important appointments on a calender or in a notebook I tend to lose track of stuff, I have so many notebooks and never find the one I need at the right time and most of the time forget to even look at the calender. Finding things in my house is a problem as I have come to realise that I am a true hoarder and this has worsened over the past 3 years. I used to be a perfectionist and did alot of cleaning and sorting but I became depressed and my hoarding went from keeping hold of things for sentimental value to keeping things fearing they will get wasted if I throw them out. I am now planning to take it one step at a time and declutter bits at a time until I have my house how I want it to look. My family don't help me much to clean the house but I understand how hard it is to get stuck in when you don't know where to start or where anything belongs so I can't really blame them because there as been many a time I have waded through mess ready to declutter and just ended up putting it all back but just a litle neater because it was too much for me to sort thats why planning to declutter in small parts will make sure I actually get to declutter, I prefer to give things away rather than chuck them out so doing it in small parts will be best because I have to make sure the stuff is clean and in order before I do. 

I would love to hear from anybody that has had the same problem with hoarding as I do, it would be nice to get some advise or even encouragement so if any ex hoarders are out there please get in touch.

Nel.