Creatrope

I rstarted by reading various clutter-reduction books, but limited my initial search to undesirable objects in the home that were heavy, outsized, or awkward. My theory was that the ‘return on investment’ for getting rid of these items was much better than the smaller items.

My guiding principle is the 10-10 Rule.

Books – At this point, I feel that seven or eight large bookshelves is enough physical books. With digital books, access to libraries, cheap books on Amazon & Ebay, my need to actually own a lot of physical books is reduced. More on this later on how I selected and removed books.

Board Games – I had a large collection (200+) and yet very few were played with any regularity. I checked through Ebay and found nearly sixty that were low-value and took up a lot of space. They were not worth enough to resell so they went to Goodwill.

Broken/Unneeded Appliances – I had two (originally expensive) Fantom vacuums, both needing some love and drive belts. But they were older, unneeded and not worth a lot used.

Not a bad day – nearly 150 lbs out of the house!