Thin out my stuff.

I started doing this few days ago. I didn’t plan it and actually had much more important work to do, but I couldn’t live (breathe!)anymore with so much stuff in such a little apartmant
So, I threw one huge bag of trash, and recycled two boxes full of paper (this felt especailly nice, since it was all over the floor).
Next on the list are clothes. There are maybe ten pieces that I wear, and have closet full of clothes.
After that – make up. So much of it and I hardly ever use it.
What confuses me – what should I do with all the books I have? Some are worthless (to me), and I’ll donate those, but there are many that I cannot part with.
I also have some fancy designer shoes which I wear on ‘special occasions’. That’s few times a year. You don’t need 7 pairs of shoes for that, but one, maybe two. Such a waste of money. Some of them were never even worn. So stupid.
I also have 20 records and no record player, but oh well!

One of the things that has helped is getting a clean space that I can work on. I roll a tarp out on my porch, unload a box from “storage” and set to placing things into 3 piles (Store immediately, recycle/donate, or rubbish).

A file box a day for the past month has left my apartment. Yes, this means that I have a lot of stuff. I will continue to minimize. It’s all going to a good home. What can be regifted is being regifted. What can be reused is being resused. What can be donated is being donated. What can be recycled is being recycled. What is odd, there isn’t much trash.- So be it.

My goal is to have everything sorted and removed by months end.

moving away from France certainly helped, but now I have to go through everything else!

I sent home one batch of important things, so my two years worth of accumulated stuff is looking much smaller which is a start. Today I’m making a list of books to give away so it won’t all be saved for the last minute.

By weeks end I will go through the 24 boxes on my porch, and sort them into trash, recycle, donate, and one or two small boxes to keep. I would like to get this done by Wednesday morning, as I have to return a pick-up I borrowed.

If I haven’t used it recently, then I am getting rid of it. It would better be used by somebody else. Stuff should be used and cherished, not hoarded. I will eliminate a lot of clutter if I can do this.