How to De-Clutter

[lindyhop]

This is such a loaded subject for me. I have too much stuff. I have a second bedroom that is full of stuff, most of which can be thown out but I wrestle with how and when. I know I should just do it but my my time is so cluttered with work and commuting to work that I don't want to give up my fun time to deal with this stuff.

Then the other issue I'm running into lately is how to dispose of this stuff. I want to avoid adding usable stuff to a landfill but what's usable and who wants it? For example I have a sewing machine that's more than 20 years old that might work with a little maintenance but it was never that great of a machine so is it worth it? And do places like Goodwill take stuff that needs to be repaired? I haven't had time to find that out. I bought I new sewing machine a couple of months ago and this old one is still in my closet.

So I'm dealing with all this a little at a time and trying not to buy stuff just for the sake of buying stuff. Now that we're moving into the "buying season" I'm finding holiday ads look positively obscene.

This past week there was a series called "Consumed" on various American Public Media programs like "Marketplace" which focused on how consumerism supports our economy and is it really sustainable and by the end of the week I just felt sick listening to it all.