Though this isn’t completely representative of what I am going through right now, it sure does feel like it. In reality I will only have a few boxes and my clothes packed into my Accord.
That is a lot less than what I have taken to the Salvation Army, let me tell you. Just today I took 6 boxes of books and dropped them off. Not to count the number of bags of clothes I have put into the drop boxes, and the stuff that I have put out for the Trash Monkeys.
And I still don’t have all the stuff out of the house that I want to get out. I am just running out of time. I have the important stuff situated, the rest is just going to have to wait. For what? I really don’t know. At some time I am going to have to return and deal with the odds and ends, but for now……eh.
It is interesting to dig through the detritus that has been accumulated. Items that have been long buried, and forgotten about. Those items that you just had to have at one point in time, just to put them to one side and pile newer items on top.
Do you do a Spring Cleaning at your house where you go through everything and get rid of what you are no longer using? How soon do you go out and buy new items to replace those items that you have gotten rid of? Does this make you crazy?
Would love to hear about it….comments down below….
2 comments
Comment by Penny on March 18, 2014 at 4:17 pm
Jeff calls me a hoarder….well, I am to a point, but don’t qualify at all to appear on any hoarder TV show! One daughter calls me an organized hoarder, and I am fine with that and think that is a better description, There are no basements in Texas, so all those items one would relegate to a basement must be put in the attic, closets, cabinets, or under the beds. Because it is so freaking hot for half the year here, one cannot put anything in the attic that would have the propensity to melt or disintegrate. So, my closets are FULL…PACKED, as well as under-the-bed space. But, I use most of the saved stuff…they are seasonal decorations as well as pictures, etc. Jeff says that if I buy anything else, something must go to make way for the new. This is sooo difficult to do….I HATE to throw things away! But….since reading about your cleansing and the fact that it is Spring cleaning time, I ‘might’….’might’ take a closer look at the situation and see if something could possibly be donated or whatever….. Ack! Anxiety time!
Comment by wormdude@gmail.com on March 18, 2014 at 4:22 pm
Penny, I love it! I was left with a bunch of things that weren’t mine when the girls moved out. When I did the initial purge back in 2011, I had one of those big containers out at the street. That monster was filled four times and emptied three by the trash monkeys. I still have some things that need to be dealt with, but I have pared it down considerably. I just don’t see myself collecting a bunch of crap every again.
Famous last words…..