practice discardia

Last week I had off and started going through my 4 drawer filing cabinet. I have gone through most of it, 4 yrs worth of bills and just stuff that I thought I would need or want. But there is a mountain of papers on top of the filing cabinet that is more current that I need to go through. Plus the kid is willing to go through some of his stuff…

when it isn’t my stuff. I don’t mind who’s stuff it is…
At work we need to move to another area and then they are demoing this area. This stuff hasn’t been looked at in ummmm YEARS.

Summer Solstice is 21 June, 05.45 AM GMT
New moon is Jun 22 at 7:36 PM GMT

We have 2 days then

Today I practiced Major Discardia in my classroom and in my apartment! It was fantastic~ my friend Y. came to pick up the items for the teachers in her school who are taking my “upper grade” materials since they are switching grade levels and do not have any teaching materials. It was wonderful to give my dear friend many of my personal treasured teaching items…special books, posters, ‘cute teacher stuff’...I could tell she liked them…and that made me happy!

I could see her face though, she kept looking at me in disbelief…she was checking to make sure I was okay~ and thankfully I can say…

I was more than okay! I was great with it!

Then when I got home to my apartment I did major cleaning out of cupboards, shelves, and closets… cleared out ALOT… my son came by and picked it up and is going to take the books to the used bookstore, the clothes and other items to a place that “recycles” things… isn’t that awesome…

I feel…”lighter”....
and happy that my things will be used again by those who need them and will appreciate them.

life is good.

Over the weekend and yesterday I went through most everything in my classroom. I have still been sorting and tossing. The poor custodians, my classroom is far from the trash dumpsters!

Yesterday my principal got substitute teachers to take our students in the library and auditorium to complete their work so we could work in the classroom during the school day!
It was very helpful and I was able to get most of my classroom dismantled. (Most people don’t realize how much work goes into putting a classroom together…)

Many students came in at recess and lunch to help me~ they LOVED it! Of course, how often do you get to rip the bulletin board paper from your classroom wall!!!!
It really was FUN!!!!

Today I will tackle sorting my classroom library…
I still have thousands of books… :D
some I will keep, some take to Nepal, give a lot away….
and we’ll see about what’s left…

Deleted nearly 6,000 unread emails and unsubscribed to anything I don’t read.

Deleted nearly 6,000 unread emails and unsubscribed to anything I don’t read.

I started last night going through my stuff in the bedroom. I have gotten rid of a garbage bag full of stuff that I haven’t used or wont use or want. sighes the kitchen is next. :S

but the next one starts next month, so not long now…

I seem to be atuned to the seasons now, so am counting this as done.

I began to clean out my classroom a bit…
four trash bags filled…
and organized teaching materials that
belong to the school….

felt good.