I became a professional organizer a few years back and made my home the first target! It is wonderful to have a more open, de-cluttered home. I feel so much better with my home this way. It is hard to keep it like this with my husband around as he does not seem to have any clue how to put things back where he gets them from. The older I get the more of a minimalist I am becoming and I am TOTALLY ok with that! I periodically go through and raze the stuff I have accumulated (about once a year) and donate to a local battered women’s shelter. They take almost everything as they are trying to help the women set up from scratch…many of them leave their homes with only the clothes on their backs. It helps me out to purge once a year and it helps the shelter as well…win/win situation!