💀🚪 Skeletons in the Closet: What's REALLY Hiding Behind That Door? (S4E7)

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💀🚪 Skeletons in the Closet: What's REALLY Hiding Behind That Door? (S4E7)

Julie has a confession:
there are skeletons in her closet.

Before Janis could call a priest (or the police), the truth came out.

A broken umbrella, a bread maker used exactly once, three mystery cords, and a coat that last fit during the Clinton administration. Not a crime scene. An archaeological dig.

In honor of Halloween, we're going skeleton hunting.

We're opening hall closets, spare room closets, linen closets, kids' closets, and those mysterious little doors you open six inches, get bonked on the foot, and quietly close again.

Some closets aren't storage. They're witness protection programs for household items.

🧠 Why We Keep the Skeletons

• "But it was expensive!" That money's gone. Your closet doesn't issue refunds or store credit.
• "I might need it someday." Someday lives somewhere between Tuesday and never.
• "It was a gift." The gift was the giving. You don't owe the object lifetime housing.
• "It still works… mostly." If it needs jiggling, smacking, and a pep talk, it may be time.

🚪 The Closet Tour

• Hall Closet: This is home base for CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome). It holds the umbrella that handed in its resignation, shoes begging to be released, and a bag of bags big enough to supply a small nation.
• Spare Room Closet: Also known as the Museum of Things We Meant to Use. Exhibits include Julie's backup egg system and the DOOM pile (Didn't Organize, Only Moved).
• Linen Closet: Sheets that outlived their bed, towels with the absorbency of a paper plate, and one Hilton souvenir we will not discuss.
  (Tip: animal shelters often welcome old towels!)
• Kids' Closets: Outgrown 3T treasures for the little ones. For grown kids who moved out years ago, it's Mom's free storage unit, complete with trophies, yearbooks, and one box marked "important."

📦 Keep or LETS-GO
Keep what you use. Everything else gets a LETS-GO sort:

• LE: Lives Elsewhere
• T: Trash or recycle
• S: Sentimental (set it aside so it doesn't derail the closet!)
• GO: Goes Out (donate, sell, or return to its rightful owner)

💛 What Are We Really Keeping?
Sometimes we're holding onto guilt, fear, or obligation.

Sometimes it's an earlier chapter of our lives.

Letting go of an object doesn't erase the memory. Your closet just needs to work for the life you're living now, not for 1997. Especially if 1997 includes shoulder pads.

🎯 This Week's Challenge
Pick ONE closet. Set a timer for a #DeclutteringDozen, which is just 12 minutes, and go skeleton hunting.

Look for anything broken, worn out, the wrong size, missing pieces, unused for years, or belonging to someone else.

Keep it to Small Doable Doses, so no hallway-blocking MESSessary Middle!

Then pop into the ABC Declutter Facebook Community and tell us the strangest thing you found. (We're betting on a VCR. With tapes. One labeled "do not tape over.")

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Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and ~ as always ~ Keep Decluttering!

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Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!