Packard V8
Well-known member
It definitely helps to get the big pieces out of the way, even if it means temporarily renting a place. However, you/we didn't get into this mess by being organized or self-disciplined. Here's the first four of the junkman twelve step program:
1. Admit publically, "I've got a problem and I can't continue to live in a trash heap."
2. Write a timeline/spread sheet of what needs to be done to get organized. Give it to someone merciless, such as wife, older brother, best friend. Have him/her call a meeting and grade your progress once a month.
3. Set yourself a time limit to be out of the rental situation and again, have someone else drive the progress.
4. Everything (all that crapola in those cardboard boxes) which does not have a home in a drawer or on a shelf has to go - no exceptions.
5. No more craigslist, eBay, garage sales until it's done and your sponsor has signed off on the project.
thnx, jack vines
Tough love, but every junkman knows he's helpless without intervention