get rid of things I don't use

I am determined to really pair down but somehow I reached a standstill. There are things that just seem difficult to get rid of but I still have way to many things. I did get rid of another batch though. It was a great feeling. I still have that weird not enough clothes way too many clothes dynamic going on. I know I’m not alone in this but that doesn’t make me any less frustrated.
And papers… I am having trouble getting rid of academic articles that are not in my field because I have the feeling, or is it just the hope, that I will need them to write something later on. I know they should go but I can’t quite bring myself to do it.
I have a few boxes filled with random things that have no home in my hallway and its a very narrow hallway just two feet wide so they do get in the way.
then there are a few sentimental things; I never look at them or use then but I always hope to use them. Anyway they really are few and far between so they are the least of my worries.

Oh and way way way to much yarn because I almost never have time to knit anymore.

Do I really need all this stuff? Errr, NO! I nedd to go over all my belongings and sort them out. Maybe I can raise soem money :)

Too much stuff! Books! Stuff! Boxes still unpacked from moving 15 years ago. The clutter is weighing me down. I don’t like things possessing me.

Well, Its almost completed—Ireally wont be able to do anymore on this for a few months. If for no other reason becase I need some tiem to ensure I am not getting rid of anything I’ll regret. I got rid of all the things that were really crowing me but I’d like to further. I am however, just going to live as is for a while; trying not bring anything new home—no matter how appealing that book/lamp/sweater that was: left out for someone to take/ in a thrift store/ at a stoop sale is— you get the picture I think.

I have boxed up so many things unfortunately they are now sitting in the hallway that leads up to my apartment and have been for weeks. Thankfully we live in a very mellow building and most of us are friends but well enough is enough its go to go soon. The coordination of getting it somewhere though seems to be beyond me; I just hire a car and take it.

I have gotten better with this. I have a huge bag of clothes that I am getting rid of. Things i had not worn in years…. And I am finally making some headway on getting rid of some of my books. After all, I don’t need any book I can read for free online. Books are the most painful things to get rid of. The Cds were easy after I put them in itunes. (it hardly feels like that shoudl even count.) but books the feel of them is comforting but I have to admit that if I havent opened the book and been comforted by it in over 2 years then there is really no need for it. So I am only keeping the books 1. that are not easy to get a hold of, 2 i use frequently or 3 are true true favorites.
As for the rest of the stuff I am slowly making headway.

I had imagined this was somethign I would do over a weekend or perhaps two weekends, instead it has turned out to be a slow process. Every month or so I get rid of a few things.

makes you do this. Have a big stack of things for goodwill or whatever, even got rid of a (few) books that I have absolutely no interest in reading again – a hard thing for me to do but they weren’t that great the first time. Besides, 35 steps on one end of the move and 3 flights of stairs on the other… every little bit I didnt have to move was a godsend.

there is just so much….
How on earth did I accumulate all of this stuff. Much of it was packed up for the summer because I rented out my apartment. And I did not miss 99% of it. Of course some of it was seasonal clothes I could not possibly wear right now but what is the rest of it? I am cleaning my place in the next few days as I move back in hopefuly much of it can be gone—never o be replaced.

I feel like I have a lot of stuff I never use. But every time i start to go through it it all seems important. An yet, what is in those drawers? I have no idea. I have lots of files I never look at, some clothes i never wear, and then there is just stuff. A vase I can see in storage from where I am sitting some drawer lining someone gave me that has been sitting on a counter since january (it’s now july).

i got rid of a whole lot of stuff. :) if feels nice.