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Who has very, very, very little stuff laying around in their home? I really need to get rid of a LOT. I'm sick of all this stuff I have in my bedroom (mainly & where I of course sleep) because the more stuff lying around (boxes, jewelry, watches, sunglass cases, etc.), the more stuff for dust to accumulate in every little crevice. I also have a couple stacks of magazines in the living room. I'm getting sick of it!
Plus, of course, the less stuff, the easier to clean & wipe things down. Dust builds up fast anyway so the less I have, the better.
I think I developed allergic asthma a year ago after living in my apt for 4.5 yrs because too much dust is around.
I have been getting rid of STUFF for years now. Filling a recycle bag and out it goes. I too live in a small apt. 700 sq ft and have for over 25 yrs and it's plenty of space for ME...but the STUFF it has to go. A lifetime of stuff gathering dust.
Yeah, I mean I'm nowhere close whatsoever to being a hoarder, yet, I don't want to just throw out my watches & sunglasses. I just need to maybe put them in a drawer or box, so they're just not all loose on the dresser to get dusty.
I also have about 25-30 things in my apt right now that I want to sell, like a wall clock, throw, etc.
I have an air purifier & Himalayan salt lamp to try to purify the interior air as it is. I'm also going to try diffusing for the very 1st time. I have this 'Breathe' essential oil blend that I'm going to try out soon.
Be careful with essential oil diffusing and asthma. Some people are able to tolerate it or even say it helps, but for others it can trigger an attack.
Thanks, yes, that's why I didn't jump on the essential oil bandwagon way before. A nutritionist/dietician advised me to try them though & how it was effective w/ someone else who had asthma, but I know each person's different.
I'm going to start off VERY slowly & diffuse the oil for maybe no more than 2 hrs one day & see how I feel after that. Based on that, I'll either go to 3 hrs or more times a week, etc. But even if it does work, I won't ever use oils all 7 days a week or overnight or anything like that.
You think...? Have you been diagnosed? Have you seen an allergy and asthma specialist?
You're getting advice on treating asthma from a nutritionist?
I didn't explain about my whole ordeal here in this thread. 2017 for me was full of several appts w/ my gen dr, then pulmonologist (in which I asked for a referral). I even chose to get a 2nd opinion from this other highly renown pulmonologist. Also had a few x-rays done throughout that time. So yep, BOTH pulmonologists said allergic asthma. I was on 2 inhalers about the first 1/2 of last yr, but off of them the last 1/2 of the yr, but I keep 1 in my purse for emergencies just in case while I'm out & about.
This thread was about minimalistic living, so I didn't go into all the pulmonologists' info. I was just saying I think this developed 4.5 yrs into living in my apt due to living in a space (1/2 the size I used to live in for 25 yrs before that).
Who has very, very, very little stuff laying around in their home? I really need to get rid of a LOT. I'm sick of all this stuff I have in my bedroom (mainly & where I of course sleep) because the more stuff lying around (boxes, jewelry, watches, sunglass cases, etc.), the more stuff for dust to accumulate in every little crevice. I also have a couple stacks of magazines in the living room. I'm getting sick of it!
Plus, of course, the less stuff, the easier to clean & wipe things down. Dust builds up fast anyway so the less I have, the better.
I think I developed allergic asthma a year ago after living in my apt for 4.5 yrs because too much dust is around.
Oh, I love, LOVE minimalism. The only problem is that until recently I had two hoarders living with me. Good news is they are mild cases of hoarding.
It's always been me who keeps throwing things out and husband and daughter bringing more stuff in. Now the daughter has left to start living where she works and with her bf, my mission gets a bit easier. I'll somehow manage husband's hoarding habits, hopefully.
I could seriously live in 600sqf instead of 1200+ the two of us live in.
I have very little stuff, but my husband is a big shopper so I can't say I live a minimalist lifestyle. He has bags of cords- like old cad-5 cables, miscellaneous charging wires for things he no longer has but might someday find a need for agian as well as cords for things he has no idea what they are for. It drives me crazy.
I need very little to get on day to day. In my miind if I take it out once a year (like a holiday decoration) then it's on thin ice- if I don't even take it out then - then it's junk. I don't get sentimental over junk either.
Who has very, very, very little stuff laying around in their home? I really need to get rid of a LOT. I'm sick of all this stuff I have in my bedroom (mainly & where I of course sleep) because the more stuff lying around (boxes, jewelry, watches, sunglass cases, etc.), the more stuff for dust to accumulate in every little crevice. I also have a couple stacks of magazines in the living room. I'm getting sick of it!
Plus, of course, the less stuff, the easier to clean & wipe things down. Dust builds up fast anyway so the less I have, the better.
I think I developed allergic asthma a year ago after living in my apt for 4.5 yrs because too much dust is around.
I just retired and have been getting rid of stuff, either on ebay or donating stuff. When my mother passed, she had one pair of shoes and a small bag of clothes. >>goals
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