How I did it: Last August I moved into an apartment that really wasn't big enough to hold all my stuff, so I had to identify what I wanted to get rid of.  Some of it is going to be put up on eBay, but others I decided to give to charity.  After having grown up in Idaho and Utah, I'm familiar with Deseret Industries, which is kinda the Mormon equivalent of the Salvation Army or Good Will.  I like what they do to help families that are down on their luck-- they run welfare farms where people can help out growing food for themselves and others.  They're a charity that I like a lot.  They also will take almost anything-- that is, anything short of garbage!  Old, ratty clothes they'll shred into ribbons and make rag rugs out of them.  Nothing goes to waste-- if they get it, they'll likely figure something out to do with it.  One of the reasons I like them.

Any way, the first step was just to identify a lot of stuff that I wasn't going to use any more.  Some of it was old & ratty-- like a few shirts.  Others were stuff I just didn't get a chance to use-- one was an old winter shell that I bought thinking I'd get into skiing, which didn't happen.  I had some old rugs that I didn't have any place to put.  Some extra computer & audio cables.  Extra surge protectors I wasn't going to use any more.  A UPS, which still worked, but I just didn't need.  My old bike & helmet.  It all went in boxes (except for the bike).  Next step was to guilt trip a coworker with a truck into helping me out one weekend. :D  I'm sure the rest is pretty easy to figure out from there!

Mar 07, 2009, 12:16PM PST | 1 comment | 7 cheers