It's so good to purge

[Snowflake]

No, those of you who met me know for certain I'm not bullimic.
I ventured into my closet from hell and cleaned out 10 boxes of crap in preparation for packing to move. I admit it, I am a packrat, but even I, the Queen of Packrats, found myself muttering, why did I save this crap, let alone pack it in a box and move it twice?

I seriously need to develop the ability to let go!

In any case, this was a great start in preps to pack and move. As I trek out to the trash bins with my many bags and boxes of trash, it does feel really good to purge! And I do have a long way to go!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Can't mojo you for you awesome clean up! Congrats

[Betty]

WTG! Sometimes I feel wasteful getting rid of stuff - someone-somewhere-someday might need it sometime sort-of-thing. But when you can finally part with a load of crap - it's a great feeling and I usually end up wanting to find more stuff to get rid of. Then I go back to hoarding crap again.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Same thing for me. I think I really ought to find a new home for the clothes, books, and stuff I know I no longer need.

But my real problem is paper. It's everywhere. And I can't throw most of that stuff away until I shred it, dammit. And I might read that AAA magazine when I have a day off someday--right?

I need to purge, too.

Keep talking about how great it is, please.

[Stan4dSteph]

I'm there with you. I purged a bunch before my recent move, but could use more.

Great job sticking with it! Have a coffee.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

But my real problem is paper. It's everywhere. And I can't throw most of that stuff away until I shred it, dammit. And I might read that AAA magazine when I have a day off someday--right?

Oh, I am a serious paper saving whore-der. From the earliest days in grammar school to the present, I save needless, useless bits of paper. That is part of the reason why I started in my office, where the closet of hell is. Piles of paper, old bills, ads, mail, useless crap that I might look at or read someday (when hell freezes over, surely).

The ONLY really good thing I learned when I left my job of 10 years and moved out here was this, after 10 years, I left my firm with 10 bankers boxes of crap, personal crap, paperwork, samples of work and just plain old sh!!t. I swore as I loaded the 10 boxes of crap up, moved them across country and then proceeded to throw every little piece out, that I would never NEVER EVER accumulate so much crap at my office again. If I cannot take my apersonal belongings out in a standard Trader Joe's shopping bag, it's not owrth having. This is the only personal edict with regard to packratting that I have managed to keep. At my job, I can walk out with a small carry bag for my speakers, pictures and a few funky tchochkes (how do you spell that?).

Alas, this is not a lesson I have applied to my home. But, I am making an effort to leave here with not a whole hell of a lot more than when I arrived. At least I am now minus 3 huge boxes of VHS tapes.

Thanks to everyone for the mojo of encouragement too, this is harder than I thought. I'm trying to be ruthless (which reminds me, appropos of nothing to a favorite song lyric of a friend of mine, looped on one of his tunes "Ruth & Johnny went for a ride, Johhny hit a bump, Ruth hit a tree, Johnny drove on, Ruthlessly")

[katiesue]

You're inspiring me - my closet needs some serious work too.

[€uroMeinke]

My office move was great for finally getting rid of a ton of corporate detrious I had accumulated. Including an inspirational granit cube (though it may find itself transformed into a Collective Found Artwork of Tomorrow). It's so nice to start fresh.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

(though it may find itself transformed into a Collective Found Artwork of Tomorrow).

And at last it has a name!

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

And at last it has a name!

And some day we'll create a thread explaining the thing, and how to participate, and all that stuff. In the meantime, I still need to get that block of granit in the mail. I just got the DVD though - so perhaps soon I'll be able to report on that.