declutter my house

I’m moving. We have to have the house in showing condition. We stored a lot of junk in a POD (that service where they bring a storage shed to your yard, you fill it, and they take it away. There’s also stuff in the attic.

HOWEVER, we got rid of a lot of things. We took a lot to the dump, and donated a lot to Goodwill. So I’m happy about the reduction of volume of stuff we own.

I think we are going to need another pass or two before we get it down to what we want. Having stuff in the POD (and the attic where it is more or less inaccessible) will give us a chance to re-evaluate what we really want to keep.

For people who are not moving, maybe a similar strategy will work. Just put a lot of stuff in a storage facility for a month, one where you have to pay to get access in the interim. While doing this, throw stuff away and take to Goodwill or a church. When you get the stuff back after a month or so, take another pass at it and take more to the dump/Goodwill.

A few weeks back we had a yard sale. I’m not a huge fan of them. I would rather run stuff to the local donation stop. However, we got rid of a few large items, which is good.

We still have a lot to do. Toys, yeah we need to get rid of some toys.

So, despite my neglecting my entry here, I’ve slowly but surely been working on this because, well, I have a daily reminder.

Doing clothes is hard because I have two children. Cycling my laundry is easy, but doing it for the children is hard.

The other day we did books. That was a great relief because now an alcove is clear. We had gotten rid of a bookshelf upstairs and there the books sat in an alcove, all stacked up. Now we need to clear out the rest of the bookcases downstairs and organize the ones we want to keep out.