The First Declutter Sweep

As I open each box in my basement, I usually pull out at least one or two items that are going in a Maybe Keep box. I admit this is probably not the best and most ferocious decluttering technique for someone trying to rid themselves of Ten Thousand Things, but it gives me a little emotional leeway.

Because at the back of my mind there is still a little voice saying, "Hey, you should really sell this instead of giving it away...you might get five bucks for this!"

I figure I can always go into a more serious decluttering mode when I've gone through all my flea-market boxes at least once. Plenty of time to get rid of it all eventually, right?

1360 things decluttered.

Getting to be a Familiar Face

So it seems I'm falling into a routine: every day on my way to pick up Jeff from work, I swing by the Goodwill and drop off a couple of boxes. And if I have a bag of books to donate to the library sale, I drop by the library too. I wonder if I'm starting to look familiar to the staff.

1110 things gone.

The Magical Curbside

I have discovered that if you want to make something magically disappear, simply put it out at the end of your driveway. It will be gone.

After my recent garage sale (before I started this full-out declutter project) I put out several ugly lamps and they were gone almost before I'd made it back into the house.

This horse disappeared after a few hours: somehow I knew this papier-mache horse/camel wouldn't need to be brought back inside again.

I think my friend in the Society for Creative anachronism made it for a party---a camel race? I'm not sure. I took it off her hands last year when she moved because I thought it might be fun to have as part of a Halloween costume, but somehow I don't think that would have ever happened.

Eight Hundred Things Gone....