take the 100 things challenge

Ok, I’m going to make my list of what to keep. Memorabilia, books, clothes, and furniture are their own groups that’ll count as one. And, of course, only things that belong to me and just me (and this includes my hermit crabs’ things as well; they belong to them really, so they’re not entirely mine).

my closet some this weekend. found a fair amount of clothes in great shape to take to goodwill. keep wanting to eliminate more. i look around the house and see that things have been simplified to some degree. baby steps. just need to keep working at it and paring down to only those things i truly use and love.

of a bunch of old and not so old makeup i wasn’t using. what a waste of money all that stuff is….still need to eliminate more!

today I am going to go through my makeup and get rid of all those old eye shadows, lines, blushes, etc…why is this so hard? why do I think I am ever going to where that makeup when I haven’t done so in the longest time.

to simplify and get rid of all the stuff I don’t use anymore. I was going through all these photo albums and scrapbooks and scrapbooking stuff (paper, pens, stickers, etc…) I’m having the hardest time getting rid of that stuff. Why? I haven’t touched the stuff in literally 3 years. Maybe I’m a different person, maybe I’m not someone who scrapbooks? So, why can’t I get rid of it. Definitely don’t “need” it. I feel guilty when I look a the stuff, because I’m not doing anything with it. So why not get rid of it? How come I feel guilty about everything, even scraps of paper? Honestly.

shared items are supposed to count…and collections are supposed to count as 1 item, but i’m not sure counting my collection of shoes or purses as 1 item is really in the spirit of the challenge! i used to crave stability, a home where i could spread out, have all my things in one place. now i crave the freedom i used to have, the ability to pick up and move or go on adventure and not feel so tied to everything…

find this interesting, paring down to 100 things. Love that idea. I started a list of a 100 things while I was away and came up with only 48 so far that I would have to have and I even included some tools and shared items. I want to actually start eliminating things and only keeping what I really need or love.