Okay, I have another fail. This one had more to do with a technological error. I tried to post, but it wouldn't upload from my phone because I was in the middle of nowhere with no service. Anyhow, I have my post for the weekend and we are just going to leave it at that.
This weekend I am getting hand me down clothes for my girls from their cousin. Before these clothes go into the drawers or closet, I'm taking out a bunch of other clothes that they don't or can't wear. These clothes are separated into 2 piles, trash and hand to the next kid(s). Anything that has a stain/hole/otherwise messed up goes to the trash. The other goes into a bag.
Here's the trick that makes all the difference in the world: get rid of the bag the same day that you collect it from the drawer. If it is going to someone not close by, put it in the mail that day. If it's going to a friend, give it to them that day. If it's being donated somewhere, do it that day. Don't leave the bag somewhere that makes it become clutter in your house. Consider that step to be the last step in cleaning those drawers and don't do it until you have time to finish the job.
I've found that if the bag doesn't disappear, someone will find it and want the stuff back. Then the clutter spreads everywhere again.
Just finish it.
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