Yeah I'm loving the fly lady link thanks! Got my house all cleared up, another trip to the dump means clear house again so its a sigh of relief when I get back into my "sanctuary" after the madness of the outside world
Girlygirl- There was soooo much stuff that for years i wouldn't part with. I had boxes of tickets for the cinema, for theme parks, flight stubs, I even kept a little box with the cigarette butt of the last cigarette my mam smoked, that might sound disgusting but I just wanted to keep anything that would remind me of her, I also kept the last pack of cigarettes my sister had before she died, never smoked them they just sat there. Just a few examples but that wasn't the half of it.
Pick a few things in each room that you want to keep. I have a two shelves, one in the sitting room and one in the dining room and I just have a few little things that I could never get rid of... not just sentimental but really meaningful. Ask a friend of family member to help go through the stuff with you, it might help put things in perspective.
The boxes and drawers of stuff in retrospect it wasn't healthy and it was like a reminder to be sad, bringing up all the what if's and the why's and ultimately me feeling sorry for myself. Since I got rid of the stuff I've been a different person, honestly, its like a weight lifted and positivity can get through again.