practice discardia

I threw out 2 garbage bags full of stuff this month. Not a lot by any stretch of the imagination, but more than I usually get myself to do. I still have entirely too much stuff. I just don’t know what to do with the majority of it, because it’s mostly all craft supplies, books, and clothes. I just don’t have the room to store everything (living with 3 other adults and 2 children tends to cut down on storage space)!

I don’t know why this is so hard because i haven’t got anything of value except my rings and my photgraphs which for the last few years have probably been stored on computer.

But if my husband came and said we need to get rid of this – I freak out

It seems like I haven’t been discarding daily, but ACTUALLY I have been cleaning out 2 cabinets and thrown out a lot of stuff. Also found out where to recycle used (reading) glasses, so I’ll take about 4 pairs that I was “saving” there. Finally, I have a great idea for what to do with all the silver(plated) trays and such that I got as wedding presents many many years ago. I never use them. They are a pain to polish. So, I’ll use them as “boxes” to wrap wedding presents (gift cards) in—the dishes will be out of my house, and it will be a nice touch as wrapping.

I hope that going through 2 week’s worth of sunday papers and chucking ALMOST all of them counts, because that’s all I discarded today!

This is probably my most difficult goal

as i would keep everything if I was allowed.

Really can’t see any reason to throw anything out although I know it is more practical

Threw out an “eggshell” planter that was a gift, but never sprouted. It’s small, but it helps keep the momentum of getting rid of stuff going!

Gave a shirt that never fit to a consignment shop.

Deleted 30 e-mails from my inbox!

Just think-If I threw out something every day, by this time next year, I’d really have made a dent! today-kiddie step stool from bathroom. The kids are 27 and 30 and no grandchildren on the horizon, so discard # 1. Also a bottle of lotion that is too empty to squeeze anything out of. Maybe tomorrow I’ll do a whole drawer!

It is such a mess! We have seven bicycles in there, only two people who ride bikes. And I don’t ride mine very often.

Just listed two of them on Craig’s List. Hope we can find some new homes for them.