Get Rid of 10% of What I Own

I attacked my desk with a vengeance! So I ended up getting rid of close to 50% of what was on it, wiped it down, finally set up my speakers correctly so the cords are hidden, opened my windows and aired out my room and sprayed some scented spray. The difference is really dramatic. I wish I had taken before and after pictures. Now my desk is really “complete” because my desk shelves and drawers were already purged and organized some time ago (though I think there’s room to purge those areas again).

Next up will be my kitchen dining area. I have a small stack of boxes that are dominating that room of my apartment and it is such a cute space to entertain and eat in. I’d use it more if I could purge more stuff!

Haven’t devoted much time to this goal because I have been wicked busy, but a week ago I went through my dresser and extracted about 5% of its contents to either throw away or donate. That was a fairly good start. Tonight I’m going to attack my desk, which is overrun with papers of all stripes. Gotta keep thinking, every tenth thing I touch has to go (or one out of every ten things anyway…)

Wish me luck!

The two main areas of focus are books and clothes. I have an obscene number of books for one person. I tend to get rather attached. Still 10% is not that much.

And clothes, well, I don’t have a LOT of clothes but certainly somethings are getting a little too worn or don’t fit correctly so they need a send off to the thrift store.