because this is a life choice, not a one-time thing. It doesn’t matter how much you clean out all at one time, because it always comes back worse than ever!

For instance, we joined Freecycle groups as a way to give unneeded stuff to people who did need it, to kee it out of the landfill. We quickly acquired far more new-to-us stuff that we gave away immediately. Now there’s a rule: more FC stuff has to go out than comes in.

In any case, we’ve had a moves] since I wrote this goal, and that always results in gettings rid of some things. We moved to a smaller place, and I expect that our next home will be even more compact, requiring us to be more careful with the use of space.

So far, I’ve resisted getting a mini-warehouse. Hopefully, we’ll continue without one!