Spunkygirl Monologues » downsizing http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com solo female traveler. spunky woman. a world of misadventure Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:57:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Downsizing Monday!!http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com/downsizing-monday/ http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com/downsizing-monday/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:32:17 +0000 Pamela http://spunkygirlmonologues.wordpress.com/?p=258 It’s downsizing day, and probably a good thing that the phone company has ripped me off to the tune of $150.  Now I’m seriously irritated and I’ve more energy than I know what to do with.  I don’t think there is anything more cleansing than going through my belongings and pitching things.  Mind you, if I were a smart girl I’d learn to stop shopping so much in the first place.  Imagine how happy my savings account would be if I did that, but that’s a whole other blog entry.

I’m amazed at the amount of crap (yes, CRAP) I’ve accumulated in just under a year.  As mentioned in earlier posts I have something like 12 notebooks, some used and some brand new.  Now who in their right mind needs 12 notebooks?  Add on top of that clothing I no longer wear-craft supplies I will probably never use-books I’ve read, but don’t want to keep girly toiletries – and paper, OMG the amount of paper in this apartment!

I’ve gone through cupboards and my refrigerator, I’ve cleaned out my storage closet and I’m packing up old clothes to donate.  I also have a bunch of recycling around and I’m debating between going to the depot on Wednesday or finding one of the many homeless people with shopping carts in my area and letting them have the bottles instead.  After all, they probably need the $5 in recycling more than I do.

The trick now is to stop accumulating stuff.  In other words, I have to stop shopping.  Maybe I can find one of those angels that pop up on your shoulder when you’re about to make a decision. Mine could pop-up and say “Don’t buy that, that’s the cost of your tourist visa to Russia”.  Okay, so that’s not a realistic scenario, but it would still be nice!!



]]> http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com/downsizing-monday/feed/ 0 Downsizing in 3 days!!http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com/downsizing-in-3-days/ http://www.spunkygirlmonologues.com/downsizing-in-3-days/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:45:40 +0000 Pamela http://spunkygirlmonologues.wordpress.com/?p=241 The downsizing begins in t-minus 3 days.  I know, normal people don’t dream of throwing their stuff out or giving it away to unsuspecting strangers- but I’m not normal people (just ask my friends!).  I love, love, love the prospect of going through my stuff and downsizing.  It’s such an invigorating feeling.

As Monday is my day off, it has officially been renamed Monday Madness.  This Monday I will gut my closets, go through my boxes and drawers.  I’ll be making stops at the bottle depot and the salvation army, and I’ll be begging co-workers to take some advanced readers copies off my hands.

The thought of going back to basics is way too exciting.  I can hardly contain myself.  Yes, I’m odd.  I know this.  I embrace it even!  Monday should prove to be an interesting blog post- I hope!  Stay tuned :)



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