Since my big decluttering of the house a few years ago, I’ve been eyeing Vince’s stash that he hurriedly packed before headed off to college. They are in about 8-10 boxes sitting in the basement on shelving that I’d like to reclaim at least about 75% back for ourselves. I’m so pleased that we’ve made great progress on household organization – it all takes time and effort, but I feel like the house is lighter, more organized and that I know most of what exists in all the closets and storage that we have. I’m better about thoughtfully buying things we need because I know what we have and more easily get rid of things that we don’t need – usually donating it, sometimes going to the dump. It’s hard to let things go, it’s for sure a skill that you get better with practice if that is something you want to do. We’ve also made great progress on keeping the house relatively neat. This all takes time and I could not have done it when the kids were little and there was so much of their stuff around and the simple fact that I did not have any time and my interest was very low.
It’s been fun going through clothes and, of course, many of them have memories and I’m going aawwwwww a lot.
I found these shoes that are too small for Vince and I thought they fit perfect for me, but they are a little too big. Which is a shame because I like them.
There is a lot of stuff here. It all is musty and needs to be laundered. But we still don’t have a dryer! Fingers crossed it will come tomorrow. I also know this is all Vince’s stuff and I wouldn’t declutter anything without his permission, I just want to make it easy for him to look through it and decide quickly. I know he’s game. He’ll be home in a few weeks. I already made an eye appointment for him. lol.
Good for you on the decluttering! it does get easier with practice. It’s a constant thing. It feels so good when you let go stuff at least for me it does. Those shoes are fantastic. Very punk rock!!!