I have realized that I have two problems with my purging efforts: first, I can get overwhelmed when I try to figure out where to start, that I don’t start at all; and second, I have a lot of collectible items that I am trying to get rid of and some are worth a decent penny – I just don’t know how to begin 🤷♀️. I know – so relatable (not😜).
So, I’ve decided to tackle with problem number one by taking small steps and just throwing things out that I have been storing for way to long in hopes of finding a use for it. Like most people that never happens. For example, I have been holding on to some of my exes old used undershirts, thinking I will use them for some major cleaning project. Well, it’s been a year and they all sat in the same place the entire 14 months I’ve lived here – to the trash they went.
Next, I decided to tackle the pantry. It’s amazing the amount of crap that will accumulate in a pantry 😳. I had a box of pasta that expired in 2020 that I had bought years before that thinking I would learn to make The Fresh Market’s Lemon Orzo salad (so good 🤤). And one day I might, given the price increase for it 😳. But not today, so in the trash it went. I am also down to one bottle of a red wine that my ex bought a case of, and that I don’t drink 🙄. Thankfully, I have a friend who has been taking a bottle every so often and now I’ve got to pass the last one off to him. That’s one more thing out of this house 🎉.
I also decided to start a box of stuff that I have never gotten around to doing anything with, so it’ll either be donations or garage sale. Of course, it’ll probably be another year until I get around to dumping the contents 😆😆😆. I am hopeless some days 🙃.
Other purging activities include regular cleaning out of email (which I need to do today 😬) and I finally started to remove music that my ex put on my computer that I don’t like. You see once upon a time he loaded all of our CDs onto his computer and instead of letting me choose the music I wanted he then dumped it all onto my computer 😡 leaving me to sort it out later. Well, later has come and it’s time to free up some space 😁. I started with Eminem – sorry not sorry 🤷♀️.
Lastly, I have sort of purged my books. I have a box of books to get rid of or, if I get so motivated, put up a Little Free Library in my yard for the neighborhood. But that seems counter intuitive to add something just to get rid of something, no? I also have some boxed to possibly save for my nephew and some I am not sure what I am doing with. And yes – they are all still sitting in my library 🤦♀️. I am hopeless when it comes to books 🤪.
But I am plugging away, sloooowly but surely. Of course, it doesn’t’ help that I suck at decision making, but that’s my cross to bear 😁.
For those of you going through your own process – Happy Purge My Lovelies 💜💜
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