Well done on your small wins. And it sounds like you really have the padded envelopes under control at the moment!
I went through my stored linens (I think it might actually be 3 years since I last did this, not 2) and made a huge difference:
-- About half a trash bag to throw out that's mostly some old pillows. (If I need more pillows, I should go buy nice new ones, not use those.) -- About half a trash bag to go to the textiles recycling bank, mostly a blanket I didn't even remember I had (and don't need), and a few other things. -- swapping out the bathroom towels I was using and replacing them with the in-very-good-condition, being-stored-for-guests ones. I should enjoy the nice towels myself and buy new ones if I ever do have more guests again. -- the old towels plus some old sheets and duvet covers are going to be turned into dustsheets and wrapping/packing for some delicate items. So not going out, but actually being used for something. -- some never-used pillowcases from a duvet set have gone into the material stash and will probably end up being used for patchwork. -- a duvet and a few other items -- that wouldn't fill up even half a trash bag -- are being kept.
I can really see how much my attitude to stuff -- and what I need -- has changed in the past 3-4 years, and how much easier I find it to let things go that really do need to be gone. (And how much less prepared I am to store things for that annoying house-guest, Mr Justin Case.)
I also did a 10-minute session in the garage and pulled out some more things to go to the tip/out for trash, as well as identified a few things for donations, and then reorganised what's staying a little.
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I went through my stored linens (I think it might actually be 3 years since I last did this, not 2) and made a huge difference:
-- About half a trash bag to throw out that's mostly some old pillows. (If I need more pillows, I should go buy nice new ones, not use those.)
-- About half a trash bag to go to the textiles recycling bank, mostly a blanket I didn't even remember I had (and don't need), and a few other things.
-- swapping out the bathroom towels I was using and replacing them with the in-very-good-condition, being-stored-for-guests ones. I should enjoy the nice towels myself and buy new ones if I ever do have more guests again.
-- the old towels plus some old sheets and duvet covers are going to be turned into dustsheets and wrapping/packing for some delicate items. So not going out, but actually being used for something.
-- some never-used pillowcases from a duvet set have gone into the material stash and will probably end up being used for patchwork.
-- a duvet and a few other items -- that wouldn't fill up even half a trash bag -- are being kept.
I can really see how much my attitude to stuff -- and what I need -- has changed in the past 3-4 years, and how much easier I find it to let things go that really do need to be gone. (And how much less prepared I am to store things for that annoying house-guest, Mr Justin Case.)
I also did a 10-minute session in the garage and pulled out some more things to go to the tip/out for trash, as well as identified a few things for donations, and then reorganised what's staying a little.