My hoarding has been cured!

AudreyTooTwo · 2023-09-22T15:04:38+00:00

Oh, brother, let me tell you. A few years after my divorce, I was watching old home movies from a house that since has been sold. I was shocked at how cluttered it was. Amazon boxes stacked in every corner, stacks of junk mail, odds-and-ends, every flat surface covered with SOMETHING. Even our kitchen counters were only about 80% useful because shit was stacked-up on the other 20%.

We even had a big storage room downstairs. But it was literally stacked to the ceiling with all kinds of abandoned projects and forgotten little fetishes and broken furniture that SOMEDAY she'll refurbish.

I'm not the neatest person in the world. But I'm nothing like she was. She wasn't quite as bad as the TV show Hoarders. But still, pretty bad. And when we sold that house and moved into a smaller one? Oh God, the trips to a storage unit! The trips to the landfill! The trips to Goodwill! I had to make the landfill trips in secret when she wasn't looking. She couldn't let some things go.

You should see my place now. I kinda dig the minimalism look. And if I'm not actively using it or planning to use it soon (be it some widget or entertainment), I toss it.

If your stuff isn’t serving you, it won’t be serving you any better packed away in a box somewhere.

DriveByTroll · 2023-09-22T15:25:50+00:00

Marie Kondo the entirety spouse away when they don't spark joy

Hunkaflesh13 · 2023-09-22T16:27:56+00:00

My man, you ain't kidding! My new place has counter space and room to cook/prep without moving a bunch of stuff. I can use my bar and kitchen table without cleaning and moving stuff, not just on top but on the stools and chairs too. I cn walk down my hall or across the room without avoiding boxes and clutter. I can find things.

All of it her projects and stuff she bought for a later time. Things undone, unused, and stacked around. I can't begin to list all the projects and promises that went undone. It's been May since I fully moved out, and she still hasn't gotten rid of all the stuff she gave but I didn't take. Now, she claims I took something of hers. Nope, it's in the stack of shit she never cleaned up. Not my problem.

Never knew how much all the clutter gave me anxiety and underlying stress until I lived without it. Such. Relief.

RevolutionaryLaw8854 · 2023-09-22T19:39:59+00:00

The absolute best part of my divorce

I moved out. Took my tools, clothes and sporting equipment. Left everything else

Title	My hoarding has been cured!
Author	l3tsR0LL
Upvotes	12
Comments	6
Date	September 22, 2023 1:41 PM UTC (2 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Divorce_Men
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