de-clutter my house and my life

I have just found out that we are having another baby so I am need of more space. I will be delving into all the spots I tend to just dump stuff and give it a good sort through. I need some strong boxs as well to keep everything in I need to store. I will also be selling any unwanted stuff on ebay, so I will make a little money to. I hope to have managed this by at least the end of the year.

I’m really working hard at de-cluttering everything! I’m about to move north to Washington state and it’s definitely helping me get rid of EVERYTHING I don’t need. So far I’ve gotten rid of 1 giant bag of stuff. I’m working on bag #2!

I really feel bad letting go of all my backstreet boys stuff, but geez, that’s a lot of wasted space.

So I learned to organize & access in library school – unfortunately I didn’t learn to de-clutter. This is a MUST this year!!!

I need to make a start on this as we might be moving in the next month. I need to sell whatever I can on ebay and put that money onbills. Shred all my old letters and receipts. Get rid of all my debts. I’m sure there is more, but at the moment there the main things.

i still had all the totes and boxes i took out of my closet…
instead of taking them to the goodwill right away,
i decided to go through them and fish out stuff i could sell on ebay.
so i found about only 5 things worth selling…
took pictures and plan on listing them in a few minutes.
then i’ll go through the rest of my xmas crap in the closet and do the same.
THEN i can mark this goal finally as complete!

posted 62 books on paperbackswap.com today.
which will make for a total of 97 i have posted on there.
i have 13 credits so far for 13 books that i might want.
and i have 8 pending book requests from other people just from what i’ve posted today.
not too bad.
wish i could get rid of these books quicker…
but between half.com and paperbookswap.com , i have gotten rid of a lot and earned credit for more books or money.
still have a lot more to put up.
but i think i’ve done enough of that for today.

made 4 ebay listings today.
mostly just some cd lots (cds that i haven’t been able to sell on their own) and my rubber stamp collection.

i think i may go back through the stuff i set aside for goodwill.
i saw a lot of xmas crap on ebay selling really well,
so maybe i can get mine to sell also?
i’d rather make some money off of it,
then just give it away…
it just takes more time to do. :\

i was wrong.
there were 5 (not 4) plastic totes left in my closet.
4 out of 5 has xmas stuff in them.
i managed to get the totes down to 3.
1 tote completly cleared out and one tote to go to goodwill.
i also filled 3 smaller boxes with stuff from around the house to donate to goodwill.
the 3 totes left in the closet will have to wait until after xmas.
i’d like to use the stuff at least once more before decluttering it.
but i will go through the last 3 totes more thoroughly tomorrow and see what xmas stuff can go already and what i’d like to keep a little longer.

i’ve been decluttering for a while now.
i will consider this goal complete when i clean out the last four plastic totes in my closet.
everything in the totes will have to be sold or given away.
then i think i will feel clutter-free.

cleaned out my desk two nights ago.
i had a lot of junk and software/equipment that is no longer even compatible with my computers.
i also found a lot of good stuff i forgot about.
some went to goodwill, some to trash and some to keep. :)