Off, like a bandaid

[valleythriftshopper]

I started spring cleaning early this year, have been at it all day, taking a break now.  I will be going over to the SA in the next hour to haul some of my junk that I am now determined to get rid of.  I have had stuff from thrifts & elsewhere sitting around, some for years, either because it did not sell or did not work out with the decorating scheme. 

Anyway I have decided to get rid of it all- off like a bandaid (Seinfeld episode reference).  I guess it takes so long because if you pay good money for something you keep it hanging around, just in case.  Well my loss is someone else's gain.  Anyone else planning a major spring cleanout?

[dewdrop_me_a_line]

Not spring really, it's like a life cleansing. I have been taking out batches of 'stuff' for years now. I just shed another layer and WOW . . . it feels great. I feel like I can dance in the living room and the family room. Next - the dining room, where I have a large accumulation of 'stuff' being sorted through.

I just have too much storage room and seem to fill it. I am working on stopping buying something because it is pretty, or because I might need it. I have to need or want it for right now . . . I am not always good, but I'm getting better!

dew

[SecondhandSophisticate]

Hey dew, I've been spring cleaning since last spring, lol. Had to clean-out inlaws' home of 50+ years of stuff, plus had kitchen remodeled. I can't begin to tell you how much stuff I've gladly given away hoping it goes to good homes. This cleaning is on top of the end-of-the-year closet cleaning I do and twice yearly cleaning out of bookcases.  It's an on-going process for me.   If it doesn't serve, I want it GONE.  I am so atounded about how much stuff I've amassed in my small house. It's shameful! Though I guess compared to some (well, many) I don't have that much, but if it's useless, I don't need it.

Do you remember that ugly saying from the 80s: (S)He who dies with the most toys wins?  What does that mean, or prove, exactly?  It's ugly!

It's as though I've awakened from a long sleep and suddenly have "let go".  O, what a feeling!

[Other People s Junk]

I'm planning on a major sorting and letting go as I unpack.  (We just moved across country and are currently living in a motel until we sign papers on our house.)  We should be there for a good 10 years at the very least, so if it doesn't work in the new house, it needs to go!