There's something so rewarding about letting go of junk and seeing some clear space emerging from piles and piles of stuff. We have stuff, and sometimes it seems like a lot of it. Mine, Daddy-O's, O, B, and G. We. all. have. stuff. And it just takes up so much space. Some of this stuff has been with us since we lived in our first place together 9 years ago. Most has been more recently acquired in that 9 years as we have shuttled out the hand-me-down furniture and purchased our own. My couponing has allowed us to have even more stuff. But, I will address that issue in a later blog.

I have been going through some hot spot areas today in the garage and in an upstairs closet to start decluttering. Today wasn't too bad, I quickly Freecycled a couple of curtains that we haven't used in a couple of years and a tote that was taking up space on my shelf. I love Freecycle!

My worst find today though was that I had actually kept almost every paper and assignment that I had done since my first year in college. About 1000 pieces of paper (including TONS of articles that had been given to me by various professors). I don't remember really any of the stuff and the only thing that I vaguely thought about keeping was the Organic Chemistry lab write-up that I had started and was supposed to work on and finish the day that my mom died. But, as I am trying to get rid of things that cause sadness when I look at them, that was set free as well.

I'm not sure where tomorrow's decluttering will take place but it's sure to dig up some interesting find.