Throw The Whole House Away- An Unhinged Mental Health Tip For Moms

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“I want to throw this whole fucking house away.”

This is something that is said no less than four times a month- and probably more often than that, if we are being real. Whether it’s me and my ADHD, the fact that there’s play-doh ground into the carpet, I got behind on laundry again, or I opened the cabinet wrong and had an avalanche of Tupperware fall on me, it nearly always ends with that phrase.

And honestly? This year, I actually started doing it. Slowly, at first… then it picked up speed… then I ordered a few too many unnecessary items on Amazon… and then it finally spiraled, and I loaded up ELEVEN bags of clothes & linens to drop off at Goodwill. Yes, ELEVEN.

You may be wondering how one family even has that many damn clothes to spare, and you may also ask, “Now Pickett, don’t you already regularly drop things off at Goodwill? How could you possibly have than many more to donate?”

Because I was still holding onto clothes from high school, things in cheetah print, my cake topper of a wedding dress, and I’ve got hand-me-down clothes in three different sizes and four seasons for each of my kids, Deborah.

And I’ll tell you, getting rid of all of it was exhilarating… and I wanted more. Laundry is at the top of my list of things I hate in this world. Blame it on my mental focus (or lack of), having several people in a house, or literally just blame my utter distaste, but I could never stay on top of it (as if that’s surprising if I was able to easily donate that much at one time). And it wasn’t dirty clothes… no, it was clean clothes everywhere. A basket or two of clean laundry on the couch waiting to be folded, everyones drawers overflowing, closets stuffed, and the washer/dryer always being full.

Cutting the amount of clothes in my house my half singlehandedly made my mental health soar. And I didn’t stop there.

I started hauling out the garage- another place I hated. I got rid of a dozen bulky appliances we never use, games nobody will ever play, decor I hated but kept because “I spent money on it,” and forced myself to be okay with letting things go (emotionally and in a money mindset) for the greater good.

I’ve started literally throwing away my kids toys when I get too tired of picking up the same stupid ones or wonder why I keep tripping over it when nobody is even actually playing with it.

If I’m using or wearing an item that I realize I hate, I’ve slowly started making myself get rid of it in the moment instead of holding onto it “just in case.”

So, if you’ve been feeling the same way about your home, but feel its too much to tackle, you feel guilty about wasting money, of feel you will regret it later…

Let this be your permission. Do it. You won’t regret it.

Throw the whole damn house away.