Giving up 25%
I’ve lived in my apartment for 4 years now, and over that time, I seem to have accumulated a bunch off stuff I don’t use. Living in a major city, I live in a really tiny box — a shoebox to be exact — so space is at a premium.
Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to hack and slash everything I own, and try to get rid of 25% of it. Old clothes, books, things I have duplicates of, etc, are all going to head out of my home for good. And this includes my storage locker, also known as the place I put random crap to disappear.
I’m usually pretty good at avoiding adding to what I already have, but somehow, you just accumulate more and more ‘stuff’ without really noticing. My closets are now getting full of it, and none of it means anything to me whatsoever. Most of the stuff isn’t worth much of any value, but for the stuff that can be reused/donated, I’ll send it off to a good home.
I think in life, I lean towards the minimalism lifestyle. I’d rather have a handful of things I really like and need, than anything and everything under the sun. It’s almost ironic, as I’ve always lived in the mindset that if I need something, I’ll buy it… but I’m really good at only buying things I need.
Has anyone else tried doing this before? Results?
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I’ve never been much of a ‘collector.’ In fact, all of my belongings are currently in about 10-12 small and medium-sized U-Haul boxes! Good luck
I got rid of like 90% of my DVD’s last year.
All those box sets that I never watched
I had like 8/9 season of Seinfeld on DVD that were all unwatched :\
by ‘got rid’ i mean sold on amazon.
I “got rid” of about 100 CD’s last year, by throwing them out. Realized, there was no value to them anymore, and already had digital copies of it all… was painful to do, but felt great the next day.
I tend to be an accumulator of “stuff”
especially stuff I collect from travels.
Good luck with the “stuff” cleanse! I’m sure it will feel great