do all my laundry, all my ironing, get rid of clothes I don't wear, and put away the rest

Just needed to pull out the stuff I don’t wear.

So I pulled out tons of stuff, and found stuff that needed ironing that had fallen from hangers in the closet, and did laundry, and let the ironing pile up, and let my schoolwork overwhelm me, and never did do anything with the clothes i pulled out,

and now I’m practically back where I started. I say practically because I have managed to stay caught up with the laundry itself, thanks to flylady.

But this goal is about more than just laundry – I want to declutter and I want the things I do have to be neat (ironed if needed, or mended, or hemmed, or GONE).

Sigh.

ALL I have to do is give away the stuff I don’t wear to Goodwill or the Kidney Foundation. The Kidney Foundation will even come to my house and pick it up. All I have to do is box the stuff up, put it outside, and call them.

And at this point, I’ve been procrastinating so long that my ironing has kinda built up again.

Hey – maybe all those clothes that come out of the washer all wrinkly and have to be hung up to dry and then ironed should be what I give away, so I have less ironing to do in the future. . .

That could work!

Just need to give away what I don’t wear.

I’ve actually been done with all of the other things in this goal since August.

So why am I procrastinating? The Kidney Foundation keeps sending me postcards offering to come to my door! I wouldn’t have to do anything but put them on the porch and give them a call!

I need to DO this so I can then replace it with a more fun goal, like “stop biting my fingernails and move on to the toenails.”

Just the hard part left: getting rid of the stuff I don’t wear. I KNOW that you’re supposed to get rid of stuff you haven’t worn in a year – but some of it I do like, I just forget about. . . and other stuff I’ve hardly worn and feel guilty for having spent money on it and not worn it . . . and other stuff I know I WOULD wear if I could just find the perfect occasion . . .

So = I have a third of a box set aside for the Kidney Foundation to come and pick up – but I am NOT calling them until it is full (and I have a couple of non clothing boxes ready also – but those don’t count for this goal)