Donating, throwing out, removing the rubbish--60 things eliminated from the lower level was accomplished very early on in the purging of unwanted clutter. The stuff we have kept bordered on the outrageous and needed to be given to another collector willing to enjoy this junk--oops--I mean prized possessions. I know, one person's trash is another's treasure, but most seemed to be the former instead of the latter. Now that it has moved on to other places (or land fills), there are no second thoughts on what was kept or what was transferred out of the house. I would highly recommend doing this every few years because the satisfaction of getting rid of it surpasses the hope that it could possibly be worth keeping for the future. No regrets and good riddance to it all.
I certainly am not on the level of hoarding, but it amazes me what we have accumulated in such a short time. It is now my goal to make sure nothing else creeps back into the corners and onto the shelves. My new philosophy: Whatever new purchase enters the house, something old must leave. A very simple concept and I swear I will diligently follow it for the next ten days, I mean, ten years.
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