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#1 Thing to Do Before You Clean Out a Hoarded House

June 5, 2018
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First Things First: Think This Sh*t Through Before you decide to clean up a hoarded home, you need to sit and have a serious think about it. This is absolutely required and is the #1 thing you need to do before you ever pick up a broom. I’m not talking about coming up with your action plan or assessing the situation, although those are important parts of the process. Those will come later. I’m talking about an honest-to-goodness, soul-searching gut…

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Hoarding, Organizing, Cleaning, and Staying Sane

May 4, 2018
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Hoarding: A Family Affair When I was a little kid, our home was pretty normal. We had the usual amount of clutter, toys, books, and miscellaneous stuff, but it was nothing that couldn’t be shoved into a closet when we needed to tidy up for company. “Hoarding” wasn’t a word in my vocabulary. As I got older, our home began to morph. The “usual amount” of stuff turned into much more. The hoard of objects took on a living quality…

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