declutter my life

In preparation for ed’s October arrival I am doing some serious housework and chucking of the no longer needed. I spent most of Friday emptying out the storage room, sorting everything, boxing up 3 boxes of items for charity, and putting the keepsters back in a much more organised and easy to get around in storage space. Feels great to have that bit out of the way.
Still a long ways to go esp. with the balcony in such a mess, but I’ll get there and feel better for it.
More reports to follow…

my mom is having a yard sale which is the perfect opportunity for me to get rid of things I no longer need in my life. I have already packed up a box and filled a bag with clothes for the Inn of the Good Shepherd. But I know there is so much more to do before next weekend. If I could only find some time and a bit more motivation to get at it.

I spent most of today shuffling through papers and testing pens, but things did get put in a place and cleared out. Still haven’t done that closet yet though.

I cannot believe how many video tapes I have. I spent some time last night and this morning going through them and packing them away to make the main area of the apartment less cluttered. My bookshelf was overflowing so I opted to put videos in storage and fill the shelf with the extra books. There is definitely more work to be done in this area as no one could possibly need this many books and I have about 20 videos to go through and see what is on the not labeled tapes.
When I have finished boxing up the ones for charity I will be able to make a conscious effort to itemize my books, movies, and CDs using The Itemizer over at Google’s Appspot. It’s free to everyone(you just use your Gmail account to login) and easy to use and was designed by my boyfriend – see Goals #1 and #4.
Next on to the closets…

It took me an entire day to clean my room! I wanted to clear out a not needed TV stand and some old clothes, etc. and it literally took me all day. The worst of it is that I still have the bedroom closet to do. But, I did declutter and my room has such a clean look to it. I feel like I’m on Kim’s Rude Awakenings.
The rest of the apartment is a shambles, but I’d say it’s a baby shambles and definitely not going to deter me from continuing to clear out.

We had a group garage sale last week and I did a great job of mercilessly pitching things into boxes for it. I took 7 large boxes and came home with one and a half, but most of the stuff I brought home was swappsies. I thought a few new books would be okay after being so good at getting rid of stuff. The bonus – I made around $50!

To aid my quest to clear the clutter I am participating in a group garage sale next weekend. I already have a small pile of things to take and by next week should be loading my car full of boxes. I’ll use the money to fund my next trip to England as flights have gone up to an outrageous price.

I helped my boyfriend clear out his closet yesterday. He was so good about getting rid of things. Even though some of it dated back to when he was in school nothing seemed to have much sentimental value, so I was free to sort and send to charity shops or recycling depots. If we had been in Canada I would have done my own closet next. There is so much I need to say goodbye to. Most of which could be enjoyed by someone else.