Hoarding Habits and How to Stop Them
Most of us have seen the television show by the name of Hoarders. The reality of the lives these people struggle with is terrifying. Have you ever given any thought to the fact that perhaps you are a hoarder yourself? Maybe even just on a smaller scale? There are a few items that even normal people tend to hoard. Below is a list of a few items that you might be hoarding in your home and how to stop doing it.
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1. In this day and time most of us have all of our photos either saved to our social media pages or saved on our cell phones. However, some of us have boxes of photos from the past that we keep just in case we want to look at them some day. There is nothing wrong with having some photos in a box to look at but if the boxes of photos are overtaking your closet space there might be a problem. The best way to stop this hoarding problem is to go through the pictures you have stored in boxes a little a time and pick out those you simply cannot live without. Once you do this, use these photos to make a small scrapbook that can easily be stored in a bookshelf that is easily accessible to anyone whenever they want to take a trip down memory lane with photos.
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2. Another typical thing that many folks tend to hoard is magazines. If you have a subscription to a magazine then you are getting these delivered in your mailbox once a month. If you have more than one subscription it won’t take long before these magazines can begin to overtake your house. The best way to stop hoarding magazines is to throw them out as soon as you look through them. There is no reason to keep holding on to magazines once the month has passed because no one wants to look at old outdated news.
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3. If you have children then you are likely hoarding some of their artwork somewhere in your home. If you have more than one child you probably have a lot of it. The best way to stop this kind of hoarding is to go through the art work and pick out your favorites. Put your favorites into a small container that can easily be stored and looked at anytime you feel like it. No need for hundreds of art projects lying all over the house.
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These are just a few tips for you to get rid of items you might be hoarding in your home. There are many others you may need to work on as well.
Courtesy of New Castle County DE Realtors Tucker Robbins and Carol Arnott Robbins.
