A few ideas:
Donate to a worthy charity that will sell it to provide funds for their efforts
Ebay / Garage sale: sell it cheap “as is” to move it and get a bit of cash
Dump it: this will be the only path available to you if you wait until moving day.
I have now done this 2x in my life. It is entirely freeing. In Fight Club, they said, “the things you own end up owning you.” It is so true. Hoard your memories and your social connections, not your “stuff”.
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Beth
#22
Yes yes yes!!
I learned from Oprah, probably 30+ years ago!, not to keep extra things around the house because if you open a cabinet and see clutter, it’s stressful!
I took her advice a little too far and I would only have one of everything. I’d simply run to the store when I was out. I loved it!!!
I then had to learn to have some backups because I no longer live near stores, but I’m still a minimalist and I highly recommend it!
Best tip I’ve received is to photograph things that you might want memories of, but get rid of the object.
For all you parents out there, take pics of all the things your kids have made/drawn for you and load them into an electronic picture frame. It will scroll them and you’ll get much more pleasure from seeing them on occasion than having them in a drawer.
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sudiki
#24
yup! been thinking of that.
I can’t speak to the training but kudos for getting rid of so much stuff - stuff clutters your mind as well as the house, or so I heard. I need to do this.
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People interested in bone health should check out Great Bones (book) by Dr Keith McCormick. Below is my interview with him last year. He is a bone specialist who solved his own bone issues.
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I think it goes the other way, too. My steady state running stamina is pretty trash, but I work as a bar back in a 3 story bar where all the beer is in the basement. I am constantly carrying cases of beer and ice buckets up the stairs, slinging kegs around, etc. andi can work circles around the kids I work with. My “general endurance” or GPP is pretty good.
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