Purging - A Multifunctional Task and Resolution for 2015

Cheryl, Good idea, I'll be waiting to read your post.  Happy New Year!

You certainly are not the only one Sham Reddy , you do know what PhD stands for . . . "piled higher and deeper."  

I must agree with you Kat Palmiotti , it's actually liberating!  Tools seem to be the biggest problem in our household.

If you want to see office disaster zones Richard Iarossi , you should visit our brokerage.  My area is organized, but many of my colleagues are still hoarding files from 20 years ago.

Debbie, As we pack and put away holiday decorations, it will be a good time to "thin out."

Very well put Richie Alan Naggar Author PEARLS SERIES of books, the flight of the caterpillar to a butterfly is a wonderful illustration of purging.

Linda, You are off to a good start for the New Year.  I love the fact the SA picks up large items.

Nicole Doty - Gilbert Real Estate Expert, aren't you the lucky one, my hubby is the opposite, but after all the years, I've learned to stop nagging, and he is finally beginning to "reduce excess" on his own.

Jon Q, If we were all honest, most of us could probably use a little bit more organization in our offices.

Lyn, My condolences on the loss of your Mother.  Having lost my Mother-in-Law and Mother within a four year period, I understand what you are going through.

Decluttering is liberating John Meussner.  I agree cleaning out junk is great to relieve stress. Happy New Year!

Isn't it amazing the type of items found in a communal junk drawer Marte Cliff ?  During a recent purge together, my husband and I kept asking each other "why did you ever keep this?"

People in my age group had parents who went through the depression, and those folks found it difficult to throw anything away Endre Barath, Jr. 

Laurie, Professional help when downsizing in order to sell a home is important.  This is a service I provide my sellers when I list their home.

Kevin, Good for you, who needs old stuff in a newly decorated area, unless it is repurposed by cleaning the item up.

Melissa, How about that statistic?  Good incentive isn't it!

Becky, You gave awesome advice about for everything you bring into the home, get rid of something. 

Yes thinning out of anything is a good thing like you say Carla Muss-Jacobs, Principal Broker/Owner.  Wish I could thin out my body.

John, Treasurers sure can be found when cleaning out drawers.  We found enough money a few weeks ago, cleaning out my husband's dresser, to go our for lunch!

Kimo, As you stated, two hours a month is a fair amount of time to "purge" every few months.

Even my husband admitted, decluttering has made his life so much less complicated Andrea Bedard.

Thomas, Your wife is a smart woman, "one thing in, one thing out."

Greg, People seem to search for resolutions, but most do not need to look far when they think about reorganizing.

Thank you for the featuring my post to the "group" Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz -- Happy New Year!

I couldn't agree with you more about the difficulty of letting go of momentos, and feel it's very difficult to do Karen Fiddler, Broker/Realtor.

Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz, Thank you, I thought the caricature resembled me in many ways.  

Winston, it's not too late to make this a resolution, especially with the change of seasons.