I am full up to the eye balls with stuff.
Everywhere I look there are
Bits and Pieces.
I am not a hoarder.
At least not in the clinically diagnosed sense.
There is just too much crap in my life.
Some things get used, day in and day out.
Some things have been gifted, sentimental and cherished.
Some may have a use someday, kept just in case.
Most of these Bits I can make my peace with.
But I can no longer stand the Pieces
of paper, of wood and of plastic.
The screws, the loose batteries which may be flat… or not.
The pen that works sometimes.
The broken toys piling up along with their broken promises to be fixed.
The party favours that are now trash but yet still treasured by the favoured.
All of these these Pieces bring me no PEACE.
They crowd my mind.
A weight on my shoulders.
For, of course, it is my responsibility to find all Bits and Pieces a place.
Me, finder of all things lost.
I could just walk away from it all and start again.
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Bit and pieces drive me nuts. I end up throwing them all out. My “office” is a mass of bits at the moment. That is probably why my writing sucks lately. Too many distractions and I can’t relax. Yay!! At least I found an excuse. Have a great day. Rachel xx
Rachel from Redcliffe Style recently posted..I been screwed…
oh, I’m hearing ya! Bits & Pieces driving me nuts at the moment too. I find it simmers for ages, then I just go “enough” and do a massage day of throwing things out to make me feel better, even though still heaps of it around. Hope you can find some easy homes for the bits and a nice big rubbish bin for the pieces
Hayley – HappyHouseWifey recently posted..And mummy is now awake.
Yep, i’m not a fan of the bits and pieces. They make me edgy and “environmental” clutter give me “brain” clutter! Hope those pesky bits and pieces find a place soon
MsMandie recently posted..The Real Housewives Of Melbourne
I get irritable if my house is cluttered. I can’t concentrate and eventually, I hit breaking point, which it sounds like you have done. Just start with one room. Make it a small one, and then move on to the next. Good luck!
Chrissie xx
Chrissie at Me and My Munchkin recently posted..The Roller Coaster of Life
Can’t handle bit and pieces. I end up throwing them away and relaise that it was an impirtant peice of the toy, puzzle, game. Oppsie!
Penny recently posted..The Birthing Suite – The Ending
bits and pieces have their own special cupboard in our home… and then when we are going crazy trying to find something we go to the bits and pieces cupboard and forget what it was we were looking for because we are busy finding new treasures!
Lyndal recently posted..baby, seasons change but people don’t
I hear you. A lot of pieces are lying around at my place too waiting for a grand craft project in my head to start. Sigh..
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It really can be so draining having bits and pieces of stuff everywhere. Best of luck with purging, sorting and organising. I always find it so therapeutic.
Ronnie xo
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Bits n pieces are piling up at our household.. still waiting the spare room to be finished…
I am a hoarder though.. husband has to throw things away that I don’t know about or it gets out of hand!
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I understand where you are coming from. I always have bits and pieces around, as you never know when you will need them!!!! We are moving in Feb, and that is going to be my way of combatting it. I have already started to thin things out
I’ve been doing a huge cull lately of all the bits and pieces, and trying to not be nostalgic. My thoughts are that maybe somebody could love this stuff more than me.
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Oh Née, I hear you. I wish I could get a massive vacuum cleaner and be done with it all. I feel a cull coming on! xx
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Oh my goodness … this is my life lately!! We cleaned the spare room up the other week, the junk simply got moved to the laundry, spare room now is messy again!!! ALWAYS an issue!
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I’m with you on this Née – the pieces without a home drive me nuts. Cull! Cull! (sounds like a drinking game) x
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OMG Bits and peices totally do my head in too! I am a ruthless chucker married to a hoarder. Fortunately he limits it to the garage and keeps the junk out of the house, but I struggle with throwing away things I think have memories attached to them. I am so like you in that I get all arghhh with bits and peices lying around and to me a cluttered space equals a cluttered mind and I just need to purge everynow and then lol Geez just talking about decluttering gets me all excited xx
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