We discovered some rat turds in our attic, which has heretofore gone uninvaded by neighborhood critters. So, today I’m carrying 30 or so bins of crap to the basement which we should probably just throw out.

I don’t remember acquiring any collections of incomprehensibly dense stellar matter, but some of these bins are threatening to spaghettify me with their gravity

@lmorchard My tip for handling such clots of ominous mystery is to to set out three empty boxes, the recycling bin, & a trash can. The boxes are
• Big Feels, Decide Later
• Keep In Cold Storage
• Donate

Set a timer for 20 minutes.

Open a mystery box and start sorting.

When the timer goes off, close the mystery box.

If either the BFDL or Keep in Cold Storage box is full, label it & store it.

If the Donate box is full, put it in the car or with outbound erranding items.

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Move any good stuff—keepers that don't go to cold storage—to their proper homes.

Empty the recycling and trash.

Rest & reward yourself with some creative pleasures.

Repeat when your energy is restored.

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@lmorchard p.s. The sneaky trick is that by the time you've handled all your mystery boxes & get back around to the Big Feels, Decide Later stuff, a significant percentage of it usually has much smaller feels and is easier to process. #Discardia