Down Sizing Some More

I am overrun with novels , I'll soon begin the task of boxing them up and giving them away.

I downsized a year ago when I moved here. I should do so again, as my closets are full and I keep wondering what I'm holding onto it all for when I don't even go through any of it unless I'm actually looking for something in the closet. That's rare. Though my sewing supplies are in the closet, and those I won't get rid of.

Yup, happens to me all the time. The stuff I get rid of either goes to family, relatives or friends who can use these or it is donated to charity.

We have been doing that a lot also. It is amazing how much better you feel. Only good thing about being poor, makes you realize how foolishly you have lived.

Are you throwing the stuff away or donating them?

Yes but I do this yearly.

From time to time I have been known to do this. Problem is unless something is broken it does not seem to get thrown away. I usually will put the items in a box, etc and then find either a Thrift store known to help out the homeless, or a church that works with them so that I know in turn the items will get put to a good use.

For the last couple of years I have hardly bought anything that I didn't need urgently and so I don't have too much to give away these days. I feel good about being good!

Good luck with your sale tomorrow, I'm sure they might ask for discount or something.

We got rid of everything when we moved. I had furniture that was forty years old so all of that went first.

I get in moods where I purge what isn't used too. We have to, its unhealthy to hold on to things for no reason.

Yes, this happens to me, but I have to discuss all the time with my husband about what to keep and what to give away.

WOW! It sounds like you are a real pack rat, Velvet! (grinning and teasing you!) Don't worry, it only becomes hoarding if you have only left yourself narrow paths from one part of your apartment to another. One of my brothers is a hoarder. They bulldozed his house down because it was simply too full of literal trash to clean it up safely! He has since filled up an apartment he lived in with bags full of things from Walmart and another house with small appliances... still in their original packing boxes! SMH! I'm glad my oldest brother decided he needed to keep a closer watch on him! I tend to keep enough junk for Pretty to throw a really good garbage sale about every three or four years. (Nope, I didn't misspell that! I usually give it a slightly French pronunciation. *gar bazh*) We also have a garage that we can store things in, too. And no, nothing in our garbage sale is still new and in it's original box! SMH! (The car doesn't go in the garage because our garage only has a walk-in door.) It is the perfect storage room.