My space is pretty comfortable and really I don't have any major storage issues, but I feel a good purge will help to make my home (and my mind) a little less cluttered. I am motivated by odd thoughts - "What if you want to pick up and move to Ireland for a year...what will you do with all this stuff?" or "What if you suddenly die tomorrow? Your mother is going to have to deal with the liquidation of your over-abundance of craft supplies". So to prepare for such unexpected life shifts (and to make my life a little lighter) I am committing to getting rid of at least 5 items per day over the course of this week. No area of my home will be spared...I will be rifling through kitchen cupboards, opening and assessing bins of childhood memories, and re-prioritizing my CD collection.
I'm a bit nervous about this process...I'm a sentimental person by times. But I am also good at looking at things through lenses of practicality, so I think that will motivate me to toss, sort and redirect the material items of my life...it's only stuff, right?
I will keep you posted...
I had purged my home before Christmas to make room for all the relatives that were going to end up staying in our basement. I called the Diabetes Association to come pick it all up. It was great to clean it up and to give it to a good organization. I was going to hold onto it for a garage sale in the spring...but that meant holding on to it and I was afraid it might make it's way back into my life. LOL
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I am going to hold on to my stuff and have a yard sale in the spring - but I have that fear too Renee (that 'the stuff' will creep back into my life)! I figure if I banish it to the garage until spring, all will be ok. :-)
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