I have spent the better part of the last 6 days decluttering our house. Either I threw it away, packed it away or gave it away. Here is what I can tell you - no one needs more than one pair of flip-flops. Two pairs of shorts is plenty. Just because you can buy a jumbo pack of purse size kleenex - don't do it. Buy a pack at a time - that way 2 years later you won't find 10 packs buried under the 4 boxes of purse size neosporin that you could not find when you cut your finger.
We are a society and I am a person - consumed by the fear of not having "it" when I need "it." Newsflash - when I need "it" - I am usually not at home - so I buy another one.
We also figured out that we have enough soap to bathe 14 families and still have enough left for 10 more. So there will be no more soap buying in this family - until we use all the hotel soap, birthday soap and vacation soap we have on hand.
If I had any sense - we would just take it all to the Goodwill and refuse to buy anything for a year - I bet we would be happier.
I am now burning candles that we have had for at least 3 years - it feels good.
Please remind me about this in 6 months when I am crying because we can't get my "fantasy porch furniture" from some ridiculously priced store.
2 comments:
I decided 2 declutter a few months ago. I found we had more soap, candles and stuff in general we never used. So now I have not bought soap in months, I found those small bottles of hand lotion from the hotels I had to have and took them to work to oil my hands since I am washing them all the time. I finally ran out of shower caps too.
The urge to be a pack rat is an inherited trait. I am so glad you decided to de clutter. It will make moving easier and oh if you get the urge to give to the GW also think of women's shelters.
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