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We watched another episode of Marie Kondo's show. We then split up and attacked more clutter. DW continued to work on our photo albums. Her stack of pictures to discard is now about 5 inches high. I went into our bedroom. In the closet, I had a shoebox full of extra lightbulbs. It turns out that they were all for fixtures we no longer have, because we replaced 2 fixtures last year so they now use different bulbs. Four sealed packs of bulbs will go to Goodwill. A bunch of loose bulbs went in the trash (all incandescent, not CFL). That shoebox is now empty.
I emptied the bottom drawer of my dresser which holds my shorts and exercise gear along with a few other things. Several items were discarded. The shorts were folded the Marie Kondo way so they are upright and easily seen, rather than piled on top of each other. Some exercise accessories that I don't use regularly but still want went into a different drawer. That left the dresser drawer far more organized.
I also cleaned up some trash from the top of my dresser. I have a bad habit of just sticking receipts and shopping lists and stuff on there when I empty my pockets at night but it's all cleared off now.
I'm thinking about donating a bunch of items that I was planning to sell on ebay. It just isn't that much potential money to be worth the trouble and it helps raise money for a good cause. I go back and forth on that. I hate passing up the money but when I really think about it, I'm talking about a few hundred dollars, not thousands. Rather than spending all of the time and effort to list, pack, and ship a bunch of items to make $300 or $400, I can just pick up one extra 4-hour shift at work and make more than that. It will take me a lot more than 4 hours to sell it all.
We also have a desk in the family room that we just never actually used for the purpose intended when we bought it. I told DW that in the spring, I will sell it on Craigslist. I don't want to bother with it in the winter. That will open up a nice big space in that room. Not sure what we'll do then. DW would love to get rid of our wall unit also and replace it with something smaller but I'm willing to start with the desk.
I emptied the bottom drawer of my dresser which holds my shorts and exercise gear along with a few other things. Several items were discarded. The shorts were folded the Marie Kondo way so they are upright and easily seen, rather than piled on top of each other. Some exercise accessories that I don't use regularly but still want went into a different drawer. That left the dresser drawer far more organized.
I also cleaned up some trash from the top of my dresser. I have a bad habit of just sticking receipts and shopping lists and stuff on there when I empty my pockets at night but it's all cleared off now.
I'm thinking about donating a bunch of items that I was planning to sell on ebay. It just isn't that much potential money to be worth the trouble and it helps raise money for a good cause. I go back and forth on that. I hate passing up the money but when I really think about it, I'm talking about a few hundred dollars, not thousands. Rather than spending all of the time and effort to list, pack, and ship a bunch of items to make $300 or $400, I can just pick up one extra 4-hour shift at work and make more than that. It will take me a lot more than 4 hours to sell it all.
We also have a desk in the family room that we just never actually used for the purpose intended when we bought it. I told DW that in the spring, I will sell it on Craigslist. I don't want to bother with it in the winter. That will open up a nice big space in that room. Not sure what we'll do then. DW would love to get rid of our wall unit also and replace it with something smaller but I'm willing to start with the desk.
, I wrapped them up and packed them away in a bin and put in my basement. Man I'm sad, I can't let them go. I'll get there though...it's hard. But the hutch and curio look nicer, the crystal I kept is all sparkly and clean, I love it!
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