unclutter | Friday Report

I've been sluggish this week, and had too much other activities to get much done. I did a little more work on my attempt to move 500 personal books (not counting stuff I got for Books to Prisoners) out of my house. So far I have taken 22 books to B2P for sending out or for our spring booksale. According to me calculations I need to get over 40 books out per month to meet my goal. I am about halfway there for January, but I don't think I will make the total amount. However, keeping at it is the key to getting things done, removing books included.

We had some sort of wetness issue in our over-stuffed coat closet, so I pulled everything out and piled it on the futon in the living room. I put back coats and jackets I had worn recently, one had had not worn but can see the need to keep, and my mother-in-law's mink that I can't and don't wear, but B hates to just get rid of it since Helen waited a long time to get it and it meant a lot to her.

I did throw away one coat, from the 70s, with an open seam that would be difficult to repair. There is still a big stack of jackets that I need to make decisions about. The coat closet is now fairly full, but it is much easier to take things out and hang them up. I was forced into this closet clearing, but at least I am slowly making decisions to move things on.