Get rid of half my stuff

I put together another bag of clothes to go to charity. I also went through my bedding and found a bunch of sheets that are the wrong size for my bed, two quilts that I never use and an old sleeping bag with a broken zipper. I think the sleeping bag would be appreciated at the homeless shelter because it’s getting cold and it could still be used as a quilt.

I’m also getting rid of my stereo, VCR, CD player, tape deck, amplifier… big ugly tower of ancient electronics that don’t work very well anymore and take up a lot of space so I can replace them with something a lot smaller that will do the same thing (except for play tapes). Hopefully I can find an ethical/responsible place to leave them.

I’ve gotten rid of my couch, microwave stand, a set of dresser drawers, two bags of stuff that should have been recycled a long time ago and four bags of clothing.

Alright, so maybe it wasn’t quite half my stuff, but I did get rid of alot. I’ll do it again in a few months.

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This was actually quite difficult. Now that i have gotten rid of stuff, I am in the process of accumulating more.

There is a suggestion of picking up something and making a decision at that point if you are going to keep it or not. This is very difficult to do. I would prefer to keep lots of things. Eventually, I decided it was more spiritual to be austere. Then I was able to give up some things.

I have had a yard sale the last 2 days, never knew how tiring it could be!! I made about $170 and still have a lot of stuff left. I am gonna try and sell some of it online and donate some. I even took some stuff to the dump. After Saturday I found that somebody had come through and taken my signs down (that I had put up at 2am). So me and my friend where back out at 1am putting signs out. Kinda sad someone would do that, but karma can be a bitch. Sunday was really slow but I did sell a little bit. It was Father’s Day so it was a chance doing it on Sunday. Oh well I am almost done with this goal. I really already have accomplished it but wanna do a little more before I check it off.

I took another load of stuff to the dump and also created more stuff to sell in a yard sale. When this is all said and done I will have rid myself of a lot more than half of myself. OH TO BREATHE AGAIN!!

I wish this rain and nasty weather would go away so I can get out to the storage shed to go through some more stuff. The whole area back by the shed has turned in to a mud pit….YUCK.

Man I really purged a lot of stuff today. In the past I have created so many “I’ll go through this later” boxes. I have 2 30 gallons bas of clothes to donate as well as a huge tote of stuff to donated. I also have a huge tote, two regular size totes and a box full of stuff all ready to yard sale. I also threw out about (10)13gallon trash bags, (2) 40gallon yard bags and about 4 boxes of junk. Man I feel so much better I have about 12-14 totes of stuff to go through but I really feel like I have made such a huge step forward.

Alright so I am heading to the store to get gas and large sturdy trash bags. I was going to hit the garage today, but my roomie moved all my stuff into the storage shed yesterday. (making room for his girlfriends stuff) So now my goal is to go to the shed and go through stuff. I threw out a good bit of junk yesterday and mad a pile for donation. I have to call around and find places to donate this stuff. There is always Goodwill but some of my stuff I would really like to donate to a battered woman’s shelter. Ok I’m off to do lots and lots of good things today.