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Q: “My family thinks I have hoarding tendencies, but I disagree. I like to collect sentimental or meaningful things, but I’m not like the hoarders you see on TV. My items are displayed, and you can walk into rooms.

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10 Decluttering Hacks Designed by and for ADHD Brains

Clutter has a sneaky way of lying dormant and then abruptly disrupting our lives, like mosquitoes in the summertime or pop-up ads online. For those of us with ADHD who are prone to accumulating piles of stuff, the task of decluttering may seem too daunting to even begin, and harder still to sustain.Here, learn how other ADDitude readers break down the task of decluttering into bite-sized chunks and chomp away a little each day.

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Q: “How Can I Get My Family to Maintain Household Clutter Routines?”

ADHD momHi ADHDMom:As you know, it’s not only difficult to find organizing systems that work for you and your family; it can be nearly impossible to maintain the ones you create if you don’t have everyone onboard. Here are a few of my favorite tips to get you started.1. Be certain everything has a home. There is no hope of keeping clutter from piling up unless everything that lives in your home (and I mean everything) has a home.

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Q: “I Forget About My Things When I Put Them Away!”

easily accessed storage with clear labeling.In choosing a place for your items, ask yourself, “Where would I look for this in a stranger’s home?” Well, you would expect to find first aid items in the medicine chest, dishes in the kitchen, and paperwork in the file cabinet. Don’t get clever: Hiding your will under your mattress only means you will never find it again![Get This Free Download: 22 Clutter-Busting Strategies for Adults with ADHD]Once “homes” are established for items, we can use a few organizing tricks and tools to keep them on our radar.1. Organizational systems should allow you to see all items stored in them, so after putting items away you can easily find them.

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Q: “I Want to Clean, But My Organizational Mojo is Fleeting!”

motivation to clean is breaking down tasks into discrete steps, and then completing just one step before moving on.If the goal is to organize a bedroom, and the bedroom is too much to tackle all at once, choose just one component of that project. I usually recommend doing the floor first.

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Q: How Can We Slay Our Kids’ Messy Bedroom This Summer?

Hi ShortSpaceMom:Children’s bedrooms are usually small, often shared, and must be multi-functional – storage unit, homework station, play space. It’s not easy to keep the clutter at bay and the room organized.

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Q: Should I Hire a Professional Organizer?

Hi Overwhelmed Wilma:There is a lot to unpack here. And since I don’t know the details of your circumstances (what is causing the disorganization, who else lives in your home with you, what systems you have already tried, etc.), I’m going to give you some general organizing tips that I hope will spark some solutions for you.#1: Everything Needs a Home. It’s been said that clutter is delayed decision making.

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Q: How Can I Help a Hoarder Who Resists New Ideas and Methods?

hoarding behaviors, and it’s frustrating and painful for the whole family.Since I don’t know all the circumstances – Was there an emotional trigger that led to the impulse purchasing? What is it specifically about your cleaning methods that your sister doesn’t like? Is the clutter specifically in your sister’s room or has it taken over the common living areas? – I’m going to focus on the best way for you to approach your sister in this process. But before we dive in, there are two important points I would like to mention.First, I want to help you understand how your sister may be thinking about her possessions.

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Q: How Do I Get Rid of Stuff I Don’t Use But Worry I’ll Miss?

Q: “I want to try to clean up my house in the New Year. I’m holding on to a lot of stuff I got on vacations or that was given to me as gifts.

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How to Declutter with an ADHD Brain: Organization Solutions for Real Life

disorganization is a serious problem, and 40% of women over the age of 40 say disorganization is their most urgent ADHD issue. Our ADHD brains are prone to clutter for a number of reasons: poor working memory, weak impulse control, and access to services like Amazon that instantly fulfil our whims.

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Live Webinar on January 12: Time to Reset: Simplify Your ADHD Life in the New Year

Not available January 12? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.It’s time to shake off the confusion, anxiety, and stress of 2020 and reset our ADHD lives.

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Live Webinar on January 12: Time to Reset: Simplify Your ADHD Life in the New Year

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Filing Cabinets Don’t Work for ADHD Minds: Help for Paper Pilers

paperless, I changed my goal from eliminating all paper to having less of it.There are two ways most people process paper. Stacks of paper is usually the first.

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The FlyLady Has the Cure for Your Messy House Syndrome

FlyLady.net. “What are you afraid of? A few e-mails in your inbox, or change?”The FlyLady has succeeded where other organizational entrepreneurs have failed.

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Creative Alternatives to Piling Up Your Paper and Bills

Hi StrugglingMom:I don’t know why your husband or son are resistant to improving the problem, so I’m going to begin by offering my thoughts on why the piles may work for them.Many individuals with ADHD need to place their “things” right in their eye line so that they can remember them. In other words, if they don’t see it, it doesn’t exist.

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Q: Does My Child Really Not See Her Messy Room as Messy?

– Itty’sMommaHi Itty’sMomma:When I first started my education as an academic/life coach, I was taught that how a person “learns” or processes information is directly related to how they “organize.” Let me explain.Every person, including children, learns in a slightly different way. Some people like visual prompts; others need to hear instructions; and others need to perform the act to lay down the learning.

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Q: What Important Papers Should I Be Filing vs. Shredding?

Q: “My lack of a file system means piles of paper are all over home. Where do I put things on both computer and paper files? Paid insurance bills, medical bills.

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Your Free Guide for Controlling Clutter

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Q: How Can I Face My Hoarding Tendencies Head On?

Q: “I am trying to overcome my hoarding behaviors and extreme ADHD. I can help others, but I’m bad at helping myself. I’m recently divorced after 36 years, my artist mother just died, and I’ve moved to a condo from my big house. My new place is a wreck, and I am paying for four 10′ x 10′ storage units containing so much stuff, including a huge number of my parents’ photo albums. Help!” — RestonMom

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4 Organization Projects That Spark Joy in Quarantined ADHD Brains

When the emotional roller coaster of stay-at-home orders began, many of us felt equal parts terrified and excited. We feared the reality of working and learning (concurrently) from home, but we also dreamed of vanquishing all of those closets, drawers, and boxes that have lingered for years. That burst of motivation to organize was, for many of us, short-lived.

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