Do
you park in the garage or in the driveway?
Do you have stuff sitting on the floor in any room of your home? Do you have things stored in other people’s
homes (Mom & Dad’s house)? Do you
have a storage shed in your yard? Do you
rent an offsite storage unit? Are you
out of space to put things away into drawers, cabinets and closets? Do you store things in your vehicles or have
things sitting outside? Under a tarp or
an awning? If you answered yes to any of
these questions YOU HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF!
The
thing about having too much stuff is that you are sitting on a pile of cash
that can be reallocated toward debt repayment and building your savings
account. For starters look at anything
that happens to have an engine and start there.
Vehicles, ATVS, jet skis, motorhomes, travel trailers (okay, no engine,
but still), motorcycles and dirt bikes, etc.
Give them a bath, take a picture and list them for sale. AS-IS!
Don’t waste your time or your money that you don’t have “fixing them
up”. Just get them sold. Use every dime to pay off your debt.
Go
to your storage unit and empty it out making three piles – SELL, DONATE &
TRASH. I am always amazed at how much
money is spent to store trash and you will be too. Empty that unit and get rid of that stuff. Cancel your unit rental and vow never to do
that again. Go out to that storage shed
in your yard and do the same thing, then do it in the garage.
Do
it in every drawer, cupboard, cabinet and closet. Sell shoes, bags, purses and clothing on
eBay, Facebook and to consignment shops.
Get rid of extra camping equipment, workout equipment, toys your kids
don’t play with, toys you don’t play with.
List as much as you can, but also be reasonable with your pricing and
your expectations. Have lots of yard sales. Do this until you are only left with the
things you actually LIKE, USE and truly WANT.
Use every dime from eBay, Facebook Marketplace and yard sales to pay off
your debt!
At
the end of the day you will not only have a
lot less stuff to manage, but you will feel a lot lighter too, especially
emotionally. Our stuff has a tendency to
weigh us down. The bonus is that you
won’t need to move and manage so much crap and you will save yourself a ton of
money because you are able to get rid of that storage unit and pay off some of
your debt.
