Hey Nero, good for you. There is nothing wrong with standing up for yourself. No one deserves to be treated disrespectfully, family or not.
You are like me, in that we try to do the right thing, sometimes to our detriment. I have worked hard to learn to say no when I have to (though to be honest, I still have a ways to go there - LOL). I have gotten much better.
In return, my family and friend have slllooowwwly come around to realizing all that I do and have done.
And for those who still have issue, well, thats on them.
So very sorry we werent able to meet today. I was so looking forward to it. I hope we can try again soon.
BTW, I love organizing. Yea, I know, whoo hoo. I need a life. LOL!
Anyway, it helps to make three piles. Stuff you are going to donate or sell, stuff to keep, stuff to throw away.
Then go through the keep pile again. If there are things in there you havent used or needed in more than a year, think about getting rid of it.
I have been getting rid of alot of stuff. Who needs to leave it for someone else to go through when Im gone - ya know?
Anyway, funny story. They call me, in my family, "Angel of death" Ok, thats not the funny part.
Whenever anyone passed away, in my family or my xh's, no one wanted to go through their things. Someone had to, so, it came down to me.
I tried real hard to get someone else to do it each time, but, nope, me.
Hence, my nickname. LOL!
Anyway, I just realized that my stuff was just that, stuff. And so, I have slowly been purging. It really is freeing when you get the hang of it.
And not once have I ever regretted getting rid of something.
