STOP—Hoarding (12 Week) Class Agenda

• How the class works
• 6 Steps to organize anything
• Clutter Image Rating Scales - where do you fit in?
• Levels of mastery
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 2—Clearing off a small counter

• Deciding what to keep / what to throw away
• What to do when you have more stuff than space?
• An Organizing "Game"
• Homework to move your organizing forward

• Are you a hoarder or a collector?
• What to do with items that have no home?
• Another Organizing "Game"
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 4—Clearing  off TV Trays / Baskets

• Why do you hoard?
• What to do when storage is inconvenient?
• Another Organizing "Game"
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 5—Clearing off Bookshelves

• What is hoarding?
• What to do when organizing is boring
• Another Organizing "Game"
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 6—How to get all of your clothes in closets; not on floor, on other surfaces

• How to make yourself clean up when you don’t want to
• The other people in your life
• Another Organizing "Game"
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 7—How to clear your floor areas so all of your doors can close; keeping your drawers closed

• When you have an unrealistic workload
• Why are you saving all of this stuff anyway?
• Open topic - participant driven
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 8—Living with distraction

• Speed of life / technology
• Need for retreat / Need for abundance
• Open topic - participant driven
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 9—Living with limited space 

• What to do with things that don't seem to belong anywhere
• Handling your "yes" boxes; Finding places for everything you want to keep
• Open topic - participant driven
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 10—9 Types of Hoarders - Which one are you? 

• Transitions and life changes
• Emptying or condensing your "maybe" boxes
• Open topic - participant driven
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 11—Saving money as a reason to acquire more

• The 9 Laws of "Stuff"
• Your "no" box - giving / throwing away; Honoring your possessions
• Open topic - participant driven
• Homework to move your organizing forward

Week 12—Last class / Final Wrap-up