I wish I hadn’t been too embarrassed to take before pictures, so there’s nothing to compare. But, my desk fell apart and an avalanche of “deal with later” pile fell on me. That was it. I’ve been working for a week to declutter my craft supplies (success by the way, thanks to the tips I got here on my last post) and now it was time to tackle the rest of the main living room.
I did try to bring things to the thrift store, but they only took the books and rejected the rest! So the higher value items I listed on my Buy Nothing group (with a message to get back to me asap and I could drop off, man does that light a fire!)
The rest? The dump. Just packed up the car and tossed it all in the landfill. Even the thrift store didn’t want my perfectly good items, they were too packed with other good items. And my peace and space and energy is worth more than trying to sell or give away this stuff piece meal.
I realized in the last couple days the biggest hurdle I had was the overwhelming idea of trying to rehome all the items with life left in them. By letting go of the guilt of throwing it all out, I managed to actually get it out of my house.
It feels like my living room has doubled. And now I have the energy to reorganize my LEGO sets into labelled bins for easy playing, which felt like roasting marshmallows in a house fire before I had the space to do so.
Thank you to this sub, glad to walk this path with you all in the year ahead! Happy New year!
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