Giving it Away.

[rvijay]

Every year arrange all the things you have not used in the last year to two years in a box. Specially, those items with a initial purchase price of $100 or less. Think carefully and see if you see yourself using these in the next 3 to 5 years. If you genuinely feel no then give it away. Give it to a local charity/library or to someone in your community who may use them.

Trying to sell old items is not efficient. Some say they entered E-Bay hell due to this for eg., Giving it away has a spiritual significance and also makes the local community more friendly/brings in good-will.

Clutter is unfrugal, complicates life, wastes time and in extreme cases can be a health/fire hazard.

Best Regards,

Vijay

[spud]

I'd need thirty boxes, I'm a clutterholic. But I've taken 70 books and a few boxes of nice nicknacks to the cat society recently. I'm trying to keep to a rule i made - equal amount goes out the door to what comes in it. It's hard - I find things. Curious wood, pebbles, things. I'm drowning in things. My office has just a narrow path from the door to the desk between piles of things. The attic has things in it untouched for seven years. Sometimes I think I am going to need assistance to get on top of all of it...

[IamJen]

You could also try www.freecycle.org. There's another thread open about this, but it's a great system, so I'm going to plug it again.

[rvijay]

I'd need thirty boxes, I'm a clutterholic. But I've taken 70 books and a few boxes of nice nicknacks to the cat society recently. I'm trying to keep to a rule i made - equal amount goes out the door to what comes in it. It's hard - I find things. Curious wood, pebbles, things. I'm drowning in things. My office has just a narrow path from the door to the desk between piles of things. The attic has things in it untouched for seven years. Sometimes I think I am going to need assistance to get on top of all of it...

Welcome to alt.recovery.clutter on the Usenet Forums. Discuss your problems, get support and share your progress. The most friendly forum on the USENET in my opinion.

Vijay

[spud]

Thanks for the link.
My mum gave me a two cassette box called "organize your life and get rid of clutter" by ab jackson. I haven't listened to it yet though.
I had a great aunt who was so bad she sealed up one room and pretended it didn't exist because the door wouldn't open anymore. Maybe it's hereditary.

[IamJen]

OT: but each time I've seen this thread's title, I start singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song.

<<<jamming
giveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaynow

[SystmDwnGrl2]

OT: but each time I've seen this thread's title, I start singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song.

<<<jamming
giveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaynow

haha I did that too.

[zoebird]

i usually purge twice a year and give away all sorts of stuff. This year, particularly, had a lot to do with various clothing items that i would not, and was not, wearing. we also had to "toss away" a lot of things that were worn thin and unable to be repaired. So, there was that aside of it too.

the clutter in our house is not really objects, so much as writing materials. ryan and i are both readers and writers, and we keep a lot of the things that we write and print out. we have loads of journals and notebooks and magazines and newspaper articles and other paper items everywhere. we only purge these every few months--so things get kinda cluttered. we organize as best we can, but that doesn't often go too well.

[rvijay]

OT: but each time I've seen this thread's title, I start singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song.

<<<jamming
giveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaynow

This song is a real favorite.

Vijay

[SaraG-N]

I purged tons when we moved into our new home. I consider myself a minimalist. I have the basics and a few nice things that I enjoy. Clutter free living has improved my life. I agree. Clutter does cause stress and wastes time. It's not for everyone as many people LOVE stuff, but there is freedom in letting go.