Too Much Stuff

Before I get into the fact that I own too much stuff, I saw the sweetest thing today. I was at the gym this afternoon when an older man and, who I'm assuming is his daughter with down syndrome, walk in. He helps his daughter onto the row machine and then just stands next to her as she rows. It was at least 15-20 minutes and she was still going when I left. He just stood there the whole time next to her, it was the sweetest thing! And, as someone who was on the row team for one semester in college, the girl had a really good form!

Back to me having too much stuff.....I have too much stuff! The room in my house, which is now my office, was always my catch all room when I moved in. It just had the random book shelves, I hung up my laundry to dry in here and things just got tossed in here when I wasn't sure where it went and then I closed the door. So, when I decided to make this room my office, I cleared it all out so I can paint it and set It up for my office. I wanted a simple space, not with a bunch of stuff in here!

Unfortunately, my extra bedroom has a lot of this "extra" stuff in it now. I'll get to it eventually. In my office though is a big walk in closet, and I've never been able to see the floor of it. I've had baskets of stuff in there, it's also where I keep my luggage and work out gear that I don't use and whatever else I've thrown in there over the past 2 years! Well, as of today, you can see the floor of this closet. Lots of floor of this closet! I decided to move my linens to the drawers under my washer and dryer and I tossed and good willed a lot of the stuff in there. This is the closet where I keep my dresses and skirts and I'm embarrassed at all that I pulled out to go to Good Will. Basically, if I didn't wear it this past year, it's going away!

My issue is, that I'm sentimental with certain things. I've traveled a lot and I've collected a lot of goodies from these travels. I see pictures and Nick knacks that I got while I was in Australia and I just can't part with them! I have no idea what to do with them, but I don't want to donate them or trash them.

The same with pictures. Any pictures from the last 5-8 years are either on Facebook or still on my phone. I have tons and tons of photo frames that are either empty or pictures from my college days. I don't want to get rid of those pictures, but I don't necessarily want to hang them up either. so, I have a basket with the frames in them and then I bought a small basket to keep the pictures in that aren't in an album. And this is not nearly as cluttered as it may sound like it is.

It's a start. My next goal is to go through all of my clothes and get rid of them. I have 3 walk in closets filled almost to the max with clothes and jackets, many that I haven't worn in a while. Plus, now that the majority of the week I'm not dressing up, I don't feel like I need as many clothes. I need to keep my few really nice, important looking clothes for work and then some going out clothes and call it a day. I also need to stop shopping for new clothes! LOL

So, yeah, it's a hard place to be in. It may take me a while, but I will get rid of stuff and lots of it! Who needs things?!?!