Have you noticed that the final step of trashing/donating is a significant speed bump in your decluttering process? Do you already have a "stairs concept" in place? If not, what are your ideas for cutting off this last step?

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Some systems are meant to be permanent, while others are temporary. It's the temporary systems, like the one pictured here, that put out immediate fires. It's the permanent ones that keep those fires from igniting again.

In the "before" pictures, you are looking at frustration, exhaustion, and overwhelm. The office clutter wasn't piling up for lack of trying. It had just gotten to a point where even if he did want to clean up (and he did!), there was no were to put anything away.

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if you've ever felt the agony of parting with something you still like, maybe the list in this post will help. Here's what choosing between what you like and what you like looks like.