A Bag A Day – The Sensible Way To Downsizing of Personal Goods
10/08/07
After helping my young adult daughter move from a shared row house to a studio apartment, I realized how much better life could be without the burden of so many belongings. She was able to move easily with two mini-vans. When we arrived, she’d already packed her stuff in the boxes she’d saved from the year before when she moved from her college living quarters into the row house. When I got home, I thought that to move all of my stuff, not counting my partner’s stuff and what was left of my children’s stuff that was still in the house, it’d take many weeks of packing and disposing of stuff plus a large moving van.
Then, I remembered helping my mom move out of her home after my dad died some 15 years ago. At that time, I decided I would not want to leave such a task to my children; I would need to figure out a way to sort through my things and decide what I needed to keep for my own use, what I might give to my children (after checking to make sure they really want it), what I might donate to various charities, and what was just plain useless stuff and, thus, could be recycled or put in the garbage. Perhaps, I have some things that don’t fall into any of these categories, but might be worth something to someone could be offered on eBay.
I definitely needed to get this task, which would take weeks, done before it was too late. There was no more delaying; I knew the time had come. I am still employed full-time and will be for the next few years so I can’t devote hours every day to this task, but I sure can devote 30 minutes or so. I woke up last night knowing I had a plan I could finally put into action. Why not do the task “a bag a day.” And, why not share my experiences with others so they, too, might join in this task to downsize their belongings.
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