I'm sure this will be a recurring theme throughout the next year. We are on a decluttering/purging mission. If it doesn't have a place and I haven't used it in six months, out it goes. Sometimes we think there is no way we can get rid of that much stuff. Don't we need it? Wasn't there a reason we got it in the first place?
I'm sure there was, but a great way to see what you really need in life is to go on vacation. Stay in a condo for a couple of weeks. Preferably a condo that has a washer and dryer in the unit. These are usually furnished with your basic necessities: towels, cooking ware, etc. How many clothes would you bring? Not a whole lot fits into a suitcase or two.
Something strange starts happening. You can get along with *only* 12 towels. You can live with *only* five pairs of underwear. You figure out how to work with only two pairs of shoes, etc.
You discover that you really can live with less.
Yeah, in real life, you'd probably have more stuff: your computer, photo albums, books, DVDs, a couple of pairs of nice shoes. But probably not too much more.
Try it sometime -- it's an eye opener. :)
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