Taking a break from decluttering....
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poltr1Man. 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.
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.
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Date: 2006-04-19 07:04 pm (UTC)Sounds good so far. Keep it going!
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Date: 2006-04-20 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-20 03:44 am (UTC)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...)
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Date: 2006-04-20 08:37 pm (UTC)I just wish I would have saved more things onto floppy or tape in the '80s, instead of printing them out.