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dampscribblerI don't watch a lot of TV, but I'd seen an online conversation about TLC's "Clean Sweep," and decided to TiVo it. Last night, with nothing better to do, I watched it. For those of you not familiar with it, the subject is a person persons with a room full (or, in this case, two rooms full) of clutter. The Clean Sweep crew goes in, hauls everything out to the front yard, and redecorates the room(s), while the homeowner spends two days on the lawn sorting and purging stuff. Apparently, there are so many people who need this that they can make a regular series out of the premise.
It's good to know I'm not the only slob in America.
Ten minutes into the show, we've seen the two messy rooms and the stuff has been carted to the lawn. The homeowners have been given 30 minutes to do a preliminary sort into three areas -- trash, sell, and keep. Sitting at home watching, my breath is getting shallow and I swear I feel hives popping up everywhere.
Long story short, they end up getting rid of half or a little more of their stuff over the course of a day, and sorting and organizing the rest. At the end of the show, they have two beautiful, tidy, useable rooms.
I went to bed and couldn't sleep for the tension in my shoulders. I had to keep reminding myself to breathe. I haven't felt so tense in years.
I know I need to do my own purge, but no way in hell would I let those people make me decide in one day what to keep and what to get rid of. I'd love to have two beautifully decorated offices, but I'm afraid that price is too high. I'll just have to do it over a bit more time than that.
It's good to know I'm not the only slob in America.
Ten minutes into the show, we've seen the two messy rooms and the stuff has been carted to the lawn. The homeowners have been given 30 minutes to do a preliminary sort into three areas -- trash, sell, and keep. Sitting at home watching, my breath is getting shallow and I swear I feel hives popping up everywhere.
Long story short, they end up getting rid of half or a little more of their stuff over the course of a day, and sorting and organizing the rest. At the end of the show, they have two beautiful, tidy, useable rooms.
I went to bed and couldn't sleep for the tension in my shoulders. I had to keep reminding myself to breathe. I haven't felt so tense in years.
I know I need to do my own purge, but no way in hell would I let those people make me decide in one day what to keep and what to get rid of. I'd love to have two beautifully decorated offices, but I'm afraid that price is too high. I'll just have to do it over a bit more time than that.
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Date: 2005-03-31 06:30 pm (UTC)Of course I'm not qualified to give advice, as I'm a terrible packrat with a garage full of empty boxes that I might need to use to mail something someday. But I've heard it works!
The kids keep saying wistfully that we should go on Mission: Organization. They do work miracles, but I don't think I could handle having someone else redecorate my house. One thing I've gathered from those shows: you have to spend a lot of money to maximize storage space and efficiency.
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Date: 2005-03-31 10:26 pm (UTC)I'll have to check out Mission:Organization. After I've recovered. :)
My parents keep empty boxes, and lots of other stuff, in their basement. Eric won't let me keep more than a couple, and with our lack of storage space, I'm totally okay with that. Except every once in a while when I want an empty box to put some of the clutter into....