Moving means throwing stuff out

[haruka]

Ever since we got the idea to move, my wife and I have thrown out a ton of stuff already (starting with eight garbage bags, a sink, a toilet seat, two gerbil cages, two hanging file holders, and God knows how much else.) We're also lucky to have a local freecycle mailing list, and managed to give away over 600 videotapes. However, there is still more to come!

For a while, we'll be getting rid of more than one thing a day, as is the nature of moving, but once we get into our new place, I'll try to keep up the habit of throwing something out every day.

Comments

[beachlass]

Ugh, moving. We've been in our house three and a half years now, the longest I've stayed in the past 20 years. I am so very grateful not to be moving again in the immediate future, but it does mean I need to do some of the winnowing of stuff without the motivation of moving.

I'm going to tag your post with moving, if that's ok - since moving is it's own sort of decluttering hell opportunity.

[haruka]

That's fine. Truthfully, we haven't yet made the FINAL decision to move, although we've started packing, but nothing is signed yet. We're waiting on numbers from the realtor before making a final decision. Even so, it's an opportunity to get rid of almost 20 years of crap.

[couchemal]

Oh wow, 20 years worth of clutter. Good luck to you!