I’ve been trying to hold steady to the 1 in 1 out rule. You don’t bring any new clothes/shoes into the house without getting rid of something first. Since my closet space is at a minimum, this is really necessary to keep it all under control.
I’m also trying to slowly rid myself of simple space killers like old t-shirts that I never wear but I’m holding onto for whatever reason. A friend got me a funny t-shirt as a gift but I’ve never worn it and never will. Stains, pin-holes, shrunken, faded, etc. It all has to go.
This weekend, the bf got a gigantic tv that came in a gigantic box that we need to hold onto for a year, just in case. I flattened the box out to put it under the bed and had to get all my shoes out first and clean up the cat fur tumbleweeds. I have 4 of those stupid shoe organizing bags that fit under the bed. Each one holds 12 pairs of shoes and each one was full, but I had recently purchased a few new pairs that were in places they shouldn’t be. So, I ended up getting rid of about 6 pairs of shoes that were either uncomfortable, had fallen out of favor, or needed repairs that I knew I wasn’t going to take care of. Just being realistic is a challenge!
It felt good to tidy up and be honest with myself.
I also just splurged and bought myself a new camera. I hate hate hate my little point and shoot but know I will never get back into photography to the point of investing in a pricey DSLR and lenses. I found a happy medium and got a carazay deal on a Lumix DMC-FZ35 with a wide-angle Leica lens! This meant I needed to assess all my other big purchases to see what needed to go.
It arrives tomorrow and I can’t wait!
I haven’t used my serger in over a year and I really don’t see the need for it in my life anymore so, I just put it on Craigslist to recoup some of the camera’s cost. This definitely takes some of the sting out of the purchase.
When finances are tight or you’ve set a goal for yourself to live honestly, it always seems like a constant juggling act to rid yourself of things you don’t use anymore to afford and make space for the things you want now.
What’s clogging up your life?
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I just went through my dresser and got rid of things I’m never going to wear. I hang on to things for sentimental reasons far too often and I’ve really got to learn to purge more often and more honestly.
I totally get the sentimental thing… like that silly tee for my b-day but really… really? If I had all the space in the world, I still don’t think it would make sense to keep stuff I’m never going to wear when someone else could use it. Yay for the purge!