After a shower and washing my hair which somehow became a grief attack with tears flooding, I looked at the vanity cabinet and turned it into a much needed distraction. Sounds pathetic… Menial task to take your mind off from the loss and empty home. As I emptied all those organizer baskets and threw away products, I thought it was a representation of how my life has been emptied but without me having a say on it. Has anyone else gone on a task out of desperation? Oh, fight we must.
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Yes. I threw away all his old photographs of holidays he went on with his first wife. They never bothered me when he was alive. We were both widowed long before we met each other.
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Yes regularly clean a clean house to fill the time and feel useful while I cry. I was a carer for 5 years I had very little time to myself . Now i have I don’t like it.
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My Dad passed away about 8 months ago. Since then I have spent a great deal of time sorting and organising the house. It is partly distraction, partly because my head feels cluttered and I cannot stand to see additional physical clutter.
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I am just going to go and tidy the whole house again !!! yes I do a lot more housework now…those baskets of yours look very useful, maybe that is your next task refilling them with all your fiddly bits that have no proper storage. LOL
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Penny6 they will not be refilled. They are being donated because now my goal is to have a light surrounding so I don’t have too much stuff whenever my time comes! Hubby was a collector and I can’t have a house filled with his stuff and mine. I’m on a mission on weekends.
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Good idea Viajera I too have been decluttering and it does lighten the load having a less cluttered home.
Also someone else can enjoy what you no longer need which is another good thing, 
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I wish I could motivate myself to finish my good intentions to declutter.
When I start the mess it causes makes me wish I hadn’t started.
Never had been good at it. My late husband loved sorting out and organising. It used to drive me crazy as I couldnt find anything then. But now I wish he was here because it had benefits to be tidier than I am.
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I think the clutter always gets a little worse before it gets better…I generally pull everything out onto the floor so I can see it to sort it. I think there’s always a point where you wish you hadn’t started but if you can power through generally the effort is worth it. Even 10 minutes of doing something can be a big help.
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Yes wish I was different but we not all able to plough through.
I feel overwhelmed.
Depends on age and disabilities. When i was younger could make mincemeat of it all not now at nearly 80 and with limitations.
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