I hear you, Baz!
I've tried decluttering a few times. It never goes as well as my initial enthusiasm thinks it will. I seem to run out of steam because, you know, focus and concentration.
(Plus, I have a ton of tools and supplies and just random stuff, that may or may not ever be used by me again, but I hate the idea of letting it go - creative intention, perceived value; call it what you want. It's hoarding.
And there's always the aftermath, where later down the road I need or want one of the few things I was able to part with. So there's that in the back of my mind!
Here's two tools I'll likely never use and a little stash of pegboard that could be used for something.
This is so typical! This little scene repeats itself in seemingly every corner of my house, shop, shed, (mind ).....
(drill, baby, drill)
It would probably behoove me to entrust someone to help go through and decide what really needs to be scrapped, because I'm one of those people who can look at a broken object and see what can be done to repair it, but how important is it, really? I'm sure many of you can read between the lines here and picture my stash of mostly working appliances and electronics, half finished projects and stacks of material for future builds. There's a lot.
There used to be a show on cable where some guy would put out two big tarps on the lawn, and then go through the victims treasures one by one and try to decide what to keep and what to toss. It was a pretty depressing show really, but it had a train wreck quality to it, that spoke to my reality!
Anyway, thanks for this thread, Baz. It was cathartic for me to be able to sort some of my thoughts.