practice discardia

And this season I plan to have a clothes cull and re-sort my wardrobe.

I will also have a year end 43T goal cull after doing my BYY2008 plan

and my office and desk are in dire need of a complete tidy up

Throwing all my clothes away (well not literally throwing them away, some may make good dusters, and some might even make it to the charity shop), and starting again with a minimalist wardrobe.

^{can I afford it?}

So another season begins until 17th April (another nice long one)

Ordered a skip to clear all the (no recyclable )junk out the garage.

And joined freecycle to pass on my other stuff.

I now have the hall full of bags and boxes of stuff for shipping out to various venues, and two boxes of books for crossing. AND I found yet-another-briefcase-with-a-broken-catch (what is it with those?). My bookshelves are all ordered, with all my travel books on one shelf and in alphabetical order (from Amsterdam to Washington…never actually made Washington, long story, but at least I have the book). It’s feeling good.

And I have started by clearing out the cupboard in my room. I have several bags of rubbish now to go out, and about 3 old briefcases all with broken catches (now why on earth was I keeping those??).

The cupboard now has some shelves spare which I can now get organised and used for STORAGE rather than CLUTTER (subtle difference).

Onwards…today is the day I sort the bookshelves. I think I will be ready to release a few via bookcrossing in due course. Do I really need to keep books I have read? I don’t tend to re-read books, and I ought to make space for those I have still to read.

and the fact that my room is still an absolute tip is absolved by the opposing fact that the next Discardia period doesn’t start until 21 Dec. So I have the Christmas holidays to get really stuck in. However how do I not bring anything into the home when friends and family will be buying me gifts (and this period covers my birthday too). Do I just leave them all outside in the car or garage until 19th Jan and then bring them in ??;)) or is it just on the New Moon (ie only on 18th Jan) that this rule needs to be adhered to.

I want all my goals to be positive, and “get rid of…” felt negative. Thhis feels so much better as a goal to follow. Thanks for the invention of the Discardia Holidays…if I had any cheers left I’d award them.

I seriously need a good clearout. 2 bags went to recycling last week but I can’t see the difference, there still seems to be as much stuff. I think as fast as it goes out some more comes in!!