More Gone
8 hours ago
8 more boxes unpack/gone. YAY! The storage space is becoming more empty. YAY!
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How to get rid of unnecessary possessions
It made me
 "Finally!"
How I did it: I put aside things I didn't use/want anymore room by room, and came back to each room every month for three months getting rid of more stuff I could do without.
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e-books vs real books?
9 hours ago
So I cleaned out my desk, next up is my clothing (but that’s ongoing anyways) and then my books.
I’m going to read them one by one and then get rid of them (probably donate to Salvation Army and/or give them to friends who’d like them).
I could always get an e-book, which is one possession which takes the place of many, and is environmentally friendly :D
The only problem is, what happens if I lose it? ;A;
Sub-goals: remove bookshelf, buy e-book, continue de-cluttering room
Time is of the essence!
1 week ago
I’m in Colorado, but in the next month I’ll either be moving to one coast or the other, and I’d like to be rid of everything that won’t fit in (or, in the case of bikes, in back of) my decent-sized-but-not-ginormous car. This is a HUGE challenge – I need to start on this ASAP.
I’m also allowing myself to send a few things home for storage in my mom’s basement, so this isn’t a full purge, but it will be pretty close.
awesome
1 week ago
So there’s a local charity that does door-to-door donations pickups for their thrift store once every two months. Clearing out old stuff has never been easier! Well, for me anyhow. Getting the housemates to haul out the rest of their stuff in the garage so I can set up my workshop is going to be a little more difficult.
Offloaded!
2 weeks ago
I sold 55 items on Ebay and made $370. AWESOME!
I also took 3 bags of clothes and 6 pags of bric-a-brac to the Salvation Army. YAY! I practically halfed my storage shed’s contents.
Dora Thang is setting goals
FLEA MARKET FLEA MARKET
3 weeks ago
I will do this by selling my unnecessary possessions (junk) at a flea market!
27th June 2009
nawatramani is preparing for her trip
Paper, plastic and miscellaneous
4 weeks ago
15 lbs of paper recycled
100+ kids clothes hangers recyled
Sorted plastic bags into trach can liners and packing/wrapping piles for reuse
2005 issues of BHG recycled
Last 2 phone directories recycled
Two floor lamps on Freecycle
It is amazing how quickly stuff accumulates even when I am trying to get rid of things I don’t want/need.
Tomorrow’s plan – list/photograph clothes for donation
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Clothes
1 month ago
Lately I have been giving Hallie’s clothes away as soon as they are too small. One of my TAs has a little niece that is smaller than Hallie so I bring them directly to school.
Jonathan lays his clothes out in the living room when he is ready for me to give them away. I bring them to school to male students at my school.
Sammie exists!
More eBay
1 month ago
Another 50 items listed on eBay today. All books and old baby clothes. Still heaps more to go!
I was in a sort of whirlwind organization mode a few hours ago and decided to collect all the objects I really love (my idea was “things I would bring if escaping the island by car”) and put them in the middle of my floor. Grand total:
one pair of jeans, two skirts, two dresses, three t shirts, sneakers and sandals
a cigar box of miscellaneous sentimental objects
a shoe box of make up and my good hairbrush
my ipod, a few pieces of jewelry, and four expensive gifts
an almost-full photo album
my red journal and twelve books
Which begs the question: what in the world am I doing with so much other junk?
