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Jen Zug's avatar

We recently converted our garage to more hangout space, which meant displacing everything we stored in there. It been a long, 10-12 year process of sorting and purging, mostly forced by repeated downsizing. This last bit we’ve done has enraged me at times as I find items that were lost so we purchased it again, and now we have two. Or we ordered something that we ended up not needing. And now we’re stuck trying to get rid of all this crap, and it all seems so unnecessary.

I’m trying to be patient with myself, though, now that I’ve learned more about the impulsivity of ADHD that Bryan and I both struggle with. These days we’re better about pausing and checking in with each other before buying something to make sure we really need it.

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Stephanie Alter Jones's avatar

Here’s to anti-hoarding and giving away something every day— challenge accepted! (Does my grown kids’ stuff count?). And my turn to thank you for the shout out!

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