How to go through my things, get rid of or donate anything I am not using by wanderingtheworld

"I'm moving!"

How I did it: We are moving cross country, so we have all gotten rid of "stuff".  I just asked myself "is this worth moving cross country AGAIN?"  

 My youngest daughter gave a good bit of her toys to goodwill, and she will have a cleaner room in our new home.  I'm very proud of her-it's not easy to give up toys when your 9.
 I finally gave up several pair of old jeans that haven't fit in years. And I had alot of clothes that I just never wore, so I let them go too.  I have moved them from state to state for no reason! WHY? 
I am hopeful that this "clear out mode" will wear off onto hubby....but no luck with that yet.

Lessons & tips: Set up a box for things to go to goodwill or some other donation place.

Set up a box for "hmmm, let me think about it" stuff.  You can sort through it every week to see if you decide to get rid of anything.
Make up a TRASH box of stuff no one else could ever use.
And finally, use up little dabs of bath products and lotions and make up. I find that I collect the almost empty bottles. Set a deadline of when you have to throw it out, and try to use it all up before then.  My youngest and I have been using up bottles of hotel lotions in our bathes, and almost empty bath oils, hotel shampoo, etc. for a month now. 

Resources: I dumped all my bath products into one plastic basket, put it beside the tub to remind me to use it!  I put a small trash can right beside the tub also, to toss out the empty bottles. 

I went through my closet very quickly, and tried not to think too much about what I was doing. I just said "toss, keep, toss, keep". If it was something I haven't used in a year, I didn't even consider keeping it.  And for my "hmmm, maybe" pile, I went through it and thought "how do I feel when I wear this?" That made cleaning out alot easier!!


 

Jul 03, 08:17AM PDT | 1 comment | 3 cheers


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amisu is ending 2009 in a wonderful place

you are inspiring me to start!

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