I'm still peeling away the layers of " stuff" after getting help last year from an organizer. For those of you who are interested about how much it costs, she charges $40.00 an hour. What is funny is that I get way more done in the week before she comes than we actually get done the day she comes. I can't stand for her not to see progress! I broke my wrist in January, putting me behind, but I recently started concentrating on selling things on Beat until I can get back to the clean up.

She has really made me realize how much of my borderhoarder tendencies are due to trouble with attention related issues, and also energy fluctuation due to depression.
I've recently realized that it won't be long before I won't need her for part of this and will be able to hire a regular house cleaner if I choose carefully . I think if I hired someone who showed disapproval of the way I live I might shut down.

One thing she did that really helped was to take donations to the Goodwill or other places for me. I had 5 huge bins of partly finished quilts that my mom made before she died, and she found an organization which makes and takes blankets to people who need them. It is so much easier for me to get a box of stuff ready to donate and let her take it. I think I would still have the quilts if she hasn't found someone who could use them.