Day 175/365 It’s time to go paper and books.

Once again, we are getting rid of stuff so I’m activating this blog as a way to shame myself to get going. What’s pathetic, is that I’d rather write about it that do anything about it. Jim does a much better job than I do. He’s fast—makes a decision and goes with it. As I write (I could be tossing) he’s out in the garage getting stuff ready for our daughter’s yard sale in Pennsylvania. Actually, we could get rid of it right now; put a sign out, and it would be gone in an hour. Living across from the library there’s plenty of traffic and excellent parking. Oh, need I mention that all the stuff Jim has accumulated is from the put-and-take? It’s not even our stuff! 

      What I am dealing with, however, is my stuff, mainly papers and books. I don’t have enough papers to warrant a dumpster, but the recycling facility at the dump will suffice. It also has a first-rate book exchange shed: and then there are friends, the yard sale, and the library book fair.

    I’ve got to get going. It’s spring cleaning time. 

Day 174/365 Its time to go…to the rummage sale.

    Spring rummage sale at church but they will take fall clothes as well. I have several bags that I filled a few months ago. I almost peeked in but that’s a no, no. Once I decided to get rid of something, no looking back!! We all know that if you haven’t worn it in the past two years, you won’t wear it in the next two.   

 

Day 173/365 Its time to go, stuff for the yard sale.

   The other day we loaded our car with stuff from the garage, drove six hours and unloaded it right into our daughters garage. This is all in preparation for the annual June yard sale in her neighborhood. Come on down.

Day 172/365 Its time to go, stuff on the street

As you can see, I haven’t written on this blog for a looooong time. But please, that doesn’t mean that we haven’t let go of stuff. As I wrote in cottagebythesea.net blog, it’s not that we’ve lost the desire, but we’re probably not as intentional as we were—and I got tired of writing it up.

     I’m not ready to let go of the blog, so here’s the cottage post. I’ll see what I can do, but not on a daily basis. 

Two years ago I started a blog IT’S TIME TO GO; LETTING GO OF STUFF  http://lettingofstuff.blogspot.com/. My husband and I had the intention of getting rid of one thing every day for an entire year. We did quite well, but then our commitment faded and I got tired of blogging about it. The desire is still there; I just wish I had a clone who was interested in doing all the work.

    On my walk the other day I was reminded that I am not alone in the challenge to let go of stuff. Along the side of the road, waiting for trash removal, was a plastic box, with “Mike, Photo Albums, Keep,” written on its side. Where are the photos? Did Mike toss them? Did his mother toss them? Have they been sorted and distributed? Have they been scanned?

     All these questions indicate just how difficult it is to let go of stuff. When we see treasures piled by the side of the road, we can be pretty sure a complex decision making process landed them there.