This is a great time of year to lighten your load.
Do you have extra time with these long winter nights?
Storage bins and organizers are on sale everywhere.
Why not go through closets and drawers and clean out?
Here are some tips:
Easy to get rid of items
- books you will never read again
-gifts you've never used
-kitchen gadgets covered with dust
-dated furniture and pillows
-old sweaters/jeans that you don't wear
-old sporting equipment
-extra blankets, sheets, bedspreads
-office/craft supplies you don't use
Donate these to a good charity.
Animal shelters take old sheets and blankets!
Harder to get rid of items
-sentimental family items
-old photo albums
-"Grandma's" dishes, doilies, etc.
You don't have to keep everything! Try to pare down the volume of these items and keep ONLY the really special ones.
Also, some items can be re-purposed into something
you will use and truly enjoy having.
**It doesn't honor your loved-ones to pile boxes in your garage or attic. I have some very special items from my mother that I use and treasure. I re-purposed her hand-crocheted lace tablecloth into curtains for
my living room.
I have a few pieces of her jewelry that I wear often. And I have several small "memory" boxes to hold mementos from my childhood and my sons' early years.
The items I chose to keep easily fit on one closet shelf and don't bog me down. It takes some time to make decisions about what to keep, but it's time well-spent.
If you take the time to lighten your load and give to a good charity, you won't regret it:)
