While Paul is in England with his Dad, I am going through what was left of our “stuff” after the sale of the Colorado house. Yikes. We got rid of most of it, but still. Too much stuff.
I went and rented a storage unit the other day so that we could have our stuff out of the homeowners way when they are here for a month this summer. My goal is to get whatever we have (sans couches, which we will most likely sell) to fit into the 5×10 unit.
The bulk of our stuff consists of books. A lot of my books can be checked out at any local library. A lot of his can not. So, I have decided to let go of most (not all!) of my books. I have resisted this for some time but now it feels right. I am ready.
Maybe one day Paul and I will embrace the e-book phenomenon. Not sure on that one. We are still contemplating i-Tunes, after all. I do love the idea of being truly mobile…still a book is so much more satisfying to me than a computer screen.
Do you have stuff that is weighing you down? My goal is to simply live “beneath my means and within my seams”. If this is a goal for you as well, or if you are already living this way, I would sure love to hear from you…