Last night we completed our first purging session of the month. The target was this large, random closet that we've been using to store all of our useless crap - in addition to useful stuff like games, blankets, and coats - over the past seven years and have managed, despite its size, to stuff it completely full.
We emptied the closet completely and then separated the items into three piles: 1) Keep (these items will be coming with us to Puerto Rico), 2) Sell/Donate (these items we'll try to sell at our yard sale next weekend and donate whatever remains), and 3) Discard. Happily, our largest pile was Sell/Donate. This means that although we no longer want these items they're not absolute junk and we weren't storing them for no reason.
Surprisingly, we had to make some hard decisions throughout this process. We truly didn't think we were sentimentally attached to anything we have. But, we realized early on that most everything we have has some memory attached to it and there were a few items where it was physically difficult to place in Sell/Donate. But, at the end of the night logic prevailed and we are now very happy with the contents of that closet - two boxes filled with blankets and purses/bags and a few jackets.
Next stop: kitchen.
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