Dear Friends and Family,It's a new year. And, I'm beginning another round of my clutter diet. The goal? I am going to try and have 52 things meaningfully leave the mouse pad this year. It's a purposeful decision to remove something that has found a home in our home. I'm evicting unwanted tenants.There's different questions different people use to gauge what should stay and what should go. There's do I still love it, does it serve a purpose, when did I last use it, etc. My guiding light question will be knowing what I know today, would I buy this today?The List (most recent departures listed first):
- We have four plants in the house. We are not plant people. Three were gifts, one is a basil plant gone wild. They don't bother me. But, given what I know now, would I buy them today? And, the answer is no, outside of the basil. So, I'm giving one of them a home with a friend. I told her not to tell me if the plant dies. Somehow that would make me sad. It's hard letting go of things. But, I feel like I need to be brave or be okay with a house full of stuff that makes me feel like I have no control of my life. I will be brave.
- My colleague at work wants an exercise ball. I have an exercise ball that needs a home. I still love the concept of an exercise ball, even if I haven't used this one ever and I've had it for close to five years now. If at some point in the future I become enamored again with the concept of an exercise ball, I will buy a new one. The going rate is $25. One down. 51 to go.
- junk: 15
- useful, just not for us: 14
- toys: 11
- baby gear: 7
- odds and ends: 3
- books: 2
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