become a minimalist

so i got rid of more clutter last night, my mom took some and she is taking more today, yay. i have to see what else i can eliminate this weekend!

so since i have a bunch of CD’s most of which i would like to keep, i decided to buy a sturdy metal CD case that would hold all of them, and get rid of the plastic cases b/c they take up so much room. i think i will be doing the same for Computer software as well. which will save me space and i should be able to find everything easier if i alphabetize it all.

little by little i am chipping away at the clutter, i try to accomplish at least one thing a day no matter how small that thing is or how busy i am.

well recently i gave several boxes of stuff for my friend to donate to Noah Ark which is a no kill animal shelter she volunteers at once a week, also some stuff for her as well, and i took some things to my moms house. gave away a small sewing desk that used to be my computer desk and a small computer stand where i had my computer tower. those last two are not actually gone yet but they will be some, or i will give to someone else.

I’m still in the process of going through stuff, b/c i have built up quit a bit of crap. I’ll be moving from a huge two bedroom apartment into a small one next year and i can only take what will fit in my car, and honestly i don’t want anything that won’t, I’m tired of having all this stuff. most of it serves no purpose what so ever. i don’t understand why people feel they need so much stuff.

I’ve gotten rid of so much stuff recently it’s not even funny. my mom is major pack rat and i don’t think she will ever change, and i hated it growing up but some how i let myself become one. so right now i am unpackrating myself for good.

getting rid of stuff has been great, the more stuff i had, the more cluttered everything was and the less i wanted to do anything while i was at home. i don’t feel so unmotivated anymore b/c looking around my apartment doesn’t make me want to just give up and do nothing. the more progress i make the more i want to make. :)

well since i decided to move to Springfield with my BF becoming clutter free has been going a lot better. he has a much smaller apartment than i do and i have to get rid of all i can before i move b/c we simply will not have the space to keep all my crap. yay!

people ask me why my apartment is so empty. i started going through everything i own and getting rid of stuff like crazy a while back ago. my mom’s boyfriend was here today and asked me if i was moving. my mom is a serious packrat and i have hated it my whole life but i was slowing becomming just like her, till i woke up and realized it one day and then just started getting rid of crap like crazy. when i sit down and think about all the unesisary things people keep and all the stress is casues, it just makes me wonder what is wrong with people. it would be very nice if i could go back to the way i lifed when i was younger, all my stuff stayed in my room so i didnt own anymore than i needed most of the time, and then gradually get more and more stuff, till you have to move and get a bigger place just to hold it all and its stupid. i used to love nick nacks and crap now i hate it all. i also used to collect a lot of stuff and i am slowly getting rid of more and more and its making me very happy. i am trying not to have more hobbies than i have time to do them.