Get rid of things you don’t need

I hear you.

Sell.

Give away.

Throw away.

A great goal for me.

 

I'm not exactly a hoarder, but I have a lot of clutter in dresser drawers, closets, storage room, etc. I just want to go through it all and throw a lot away. I just don't find the time and I'm tired after work at night, not to mention regular household chores and errands that need to come first. I need to find a gradual system, so as to at least make gradual progress until its all complete one day. That would be great!
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That works with digital stuff too.

 

Yes, digital stuff, too - what a greater mess even.

My greatest life accomplishment would be if I can just pick up and move to a new residence by putting my toothbrush in my upper pocket and just walking out the door. Ha!

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There are a bunch of “Buy Nothing” groups online, mostly Facebook and other boomer social platforms. I sometimes post ridiculous shit on there saying “free for the taking”, and I ask myself “Who the hell would want that?” and lo and behold, there is always someone who will drive to your house to pick up crap they could have bought in town for $5. Posting your old crap on these groups gets addictive!

 

Yes, I already wake up early to engage in my 2-hour spiritual exercises, as a means to clean out the clutter of mind and soul, my topmost priority. I'm sure I can find another time, though, for the drawers.
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Step One: Stop buying unneeded things.
The Real Step One: Determine what things you don't need.
Another Step One: Start gradually getting rid of things you don't need and keep mind that it's something you don't need to buy again.

I have a manga collection. A part of me thinks "Keep it for the kid(s)." Another asks "Do I really need to?"

 

The biggest value I see it having to me right now is the reflection on where I was when I collected it during my early to late twenties. My mind certainly isn't where it once was. That was a time of processing my past teenage years.

I'll put it on the too sell list.

 

There could be some memory hoarding. Though, right now I know I'm at a shifting point to a new chapter in my life. All part of the process of letting go and moving forward.

 

Definitely a great topic, digitally I have hoarded a lot of various self-improvement content. The likes of which I have not actually watched or read. Instead of consistently adding saved tabs and screenshots, about 2-3 months ago or so, I started to regularly go through them. Removing what was utterly useless, and taking notes in a notebook of what I found useful. I still have a ways to go in decluttering, but starting is already 50% of the battle.