I spent a couple days during my Christmas break going
through drawers, cabinet and closets to see if I could find at least 20 items
to purge from our home. I figured no
problem! Easy peasy. Well, it wasn't so easy. It was actually difficult to find items we no longer needed,
wanted or used to get rid of. Yay!
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| A pile of papers, 2 pair of mittens, a pair of socks, a pile of pens, AARP magazine, a calculator, 2 tops, a pair of shoes and 2 knitted wash cloths |
That means we've done a pretty darn good job around here
filtering out the crap and keeping it that way.
What I did find was a lot of stuff that had been given to us, like promotional
items (pens from college recruiters for instance) and gifts that didn't necessarily
suit us.
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| A software disc, a pkg of pantiliners, some toiletries, 2 bath bombs, a wreath frame, 4 books, a VCR head cleaner kit (why?), an Easter basket, LED monitor, a gift bag |
I gathered all of these items up and filled a good sized shopping bag. My shame however
is that I had a larger bag of donations from a summer purge I'd done and had
never dropped off at the thrift store. I
hang my head on this one because it was ridiculous to procrastinate on taking
those in. The thrift store is near our
home!
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| Animal rescue thrift store |
The girls helped me redeem myself. They took both bags and dropped them off for
me straight away and I am not hoarding any purged items in my garage
anymore. I even had that bag sitting in
an inconvenient spot to remind me to "get rid of this stuff!". I just walked around it. Good grief!
Anyone else do that?
ReplyDeleteYou have done great! I am in awe of your organization! Have you always been this organized? I made my own planner recently which is a first for me. I am hoping this will help me in my personal/work life to get even more done. Mine isn't nearly as pretty as yours because I just used what I had available but it gets the job done.
How long have you been purging? This has been years in the making right? I am working on it but I am very overwhelmed - mostly by paper I've tucked into boxes (old bills,letters,etc). I am currently working my way through it a bit at a time to keep from getting burned out. I am also purging other stuff as I go to, it is definitely a constant ongoing project for sure.
I've got to get it done so I can free up time to sew! I want to make more quilts in 2020. :)
I started really doing a deep purge of our home about 12 years ago and it took me 5 years to really get the bulk out of here. Then we really minimized when we were planning to move out of state (didn't happen) and since then I'm bound and determined not to let things accumulate and pile up. As I get older too I find I want a lot less stuff so that is good. Paper clutter is hands down the worst!
DeleteI've always made my planners out of things I already had and they have evolved over time. Now I can barely function without one! Ha!
Nice job on the purging! We keep a large laundry sorter in the garage. When it's filled, we take it to the donation stand. We have kids still growing out of clothes, and are slowly upgrading some house stuff, but we still have more than I'd like, which suggests we still have "too much".
DeleteI love the feeling of a home after a good purge! We need to get on this in January as well. So many papers...
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