Having a clear out

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The other week I helped my wife clear out her wardrobes as they were fit to burst. It took us a couple of days. My wife is a dreadful hoarder and is very reluctant to recycle stuff with the excuse it might come in handy one day. Oh the shame of it all. My daughter came around and said oh you want to watch this programme. it is a Japanese lady who go into peoples houses and help them declutter. She is so funny but also quite serious and GETS RESULTS. Her name is Marie Kondo and she looks like a little girl but she made me laugh. Some of the houses she went into are absolutely chock a block with stuff that you can barely walk around the rooms. By the end of the programme the people had used her methods to declutter and made a great improvement of their homes. I told my daughter blimey that is what we did I got all my wifes stuff out and put it on the bed and told her to sort what she wants to get rid of and two sacks of her clothes came out of her wardrobes for recycling. There were many things with labels still on them. Moving on. I decided what was good for my wife should apply to me too so yesterday I spent some time sorting out my wardrobe. Oh the shame of it. I must say I was a bit more ruthless than my wife. She kept coming into the room to offer her help. I told her to go away otherwise I would not have been able to throw anything out. She would have made me keep some of the stuff.I finally ended up fillling five sacks of clothes. Oh the shame. Still I guess that it will help some other people as they was nothing wrong with any of the clothes although I dare say some were rather on the small size or I didn't like the colour or feel of the material. My wardrobes are now nice and tidy and all my clothes are hanging nicely without being squashed. Next month my wife is due to go away for three months. I am going to have a massive clear out while she is away. The last time she was away like this I did the same. She never noticed or if she did she did not say anything. Do you declutter? Photo from Pixabay