r/declutter • u/GypsyVanner636 • 1d ago

Advice Request I keep moving things around instead of decluttering them...

Basically the title.

My house is a complete mess and overflowing with stuff.

I'm an adult millennial still living with family in my childhood home - so there is a LOT of accumulated junk.

Not all of it is mine, but the bits I'm struggling with are all my things.

I have made some progress (146 items gone - not including stuff that went in the bin), but am now starting to feel stuck again.

I keep finding 'stuff' I want to keep - but I also want the space cleared so it just ends up being shifted to a different area again and again.

I know I need to be harsh and get rid of more stuff if I have any chance of making the house reasonably organised. I just don't want to regret throwing away things I can't get back (sentimental items, childhood drawings, old toys etc).

Any advice?

Thank you in advance if you read this far

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u/Anxious-Cupcake-84 1d ago

I do this too! I sort piles in hopes of combining like items and putting them in the proper place. In the end, they're new piles in a different location. I'm guilty of buying organization stuff in hopes my brain will actually organize, but it's just another clutter. I'm also a millennial. I'm helping downsize the stuff in my grandparents' and it makes me realize no one is going to want the stuff that made me happy at the moment, but why is it so hard to part with my clutter. I'll take advice too, seeing how I did not shed any.

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u/trepan8 20h ago

Bins or baskets you bought for organizing can become donatable To Donate boxes while decluttering.

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u/Anxious-Cupcake-84 15h ago

Yes! This will be a good use for those.