Taking a break from decluttering....

[poltr1]

Man. In my condo, garage, and storage unit, I have enough stuff to fill a house (with a basement). And maybe that's what I need. But I can't afford one.

I've gone through and recycled about a dozen boxes of files. Of the items I pulled out and saved, I have about 2-3 boxes' worth of unsorted files. There's more to do with the fles, but it hasn't been a full 5 years since I last gone through them. The good news is that I've cut it down so far from 24 boxes to 12. But there's nmore cutting to be done.

The next items are computer stuff -- empty software boxes (I thought they would be more valuable if they were sold in their original carton), software manuals, and assorted hardware. I found a CD-ROM drive that came out of my current computer system when I upgraded to a DVD-ROM. (Which has since been upgraded to a DVD+/-RW drive.) So what can I do with these old but still useful CD-ROM drives? Build another system?

And then the boxes of office supplies. I just plain overbought. I didn't know what I had, so I bought more to have on hand. I must have about 50 1" binders that are empty. I should find a suitable charity to donate them to. Or I could sell them for 50 cents apiece. Any takers?

There's also gobs of baby stuff that my daughter's no using any more. I don't want to throw them out, but I know I'll get bottom dollar (if anything) if I try to take them to a second-hand place.

On the plus side, I had an interview today with aanother placement agency. They're going to pass my resume on to their client. I'm hoping they'll say yes.

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

In terms of getting rid of usable things, Craigslist and Freecycle are your friends.

Sounds good so far. Keep it going!

[poltr1]

They're my friends as long as there are takers. I've had no takers for the cardboard boxes, though. :(

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Sometimes that happens. In which case, they get recycled (if, of course, recycling happens for that sort of cardboard where you are). I'd feel fine about recycling boxes, compared to, say, the drives.

BTW, if you find you have more paper to pitch, and you have a scanner, why not scan it first? Boxes of paper often fit on one or two CDs.

Just thinking (because I have boxes of paper in the closet...)

[poltr1]

I thought about that. But the sheer volume of papers I want to scan would take months, if not years.

I just wish I would have saved more things onto floppy or tape in the '80s, instead of printing them out.

[yourmommma.livejournal.com]

There's also charitable tax deductions.