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[geekchick]

I've been doing pretty well at the trying to cut down some of the clutter in my life lately (despite my urge to go spend hundreds of dollars on CDs that I'm unlikely to find at Tower or buy singing, dancing, stuffed cucumbers). Last weekend I took three of those large lawn and garden trash bags stuffed full of clothes to Goodwill. I would've taken more, but if I got rid of everything I don't fit into right now I'd be left with very little and that would be bad; as it was I got rid of a bunch of stuff I've either had for years and don't wear or stuff I'm unlikely to ever fit into or want to fit into again. I've gone through some other boxes and thrown out stuff that I just don't need anymore, although there's a bunch of stuff that has enough sentimental value that I can't just get rid of it even if I don't take it out of the storage container. Culled out some of the DVDs that we either have duplicates of or just never liked and traded them in for some cash. If I'm feeling brave, I might go weed out duplicates in our CD collection (the sign of real commitment, purging duplicates in books and CDs). Except for the Happy Rhodes, which wouldn't be easy to replace. If I could get my file cabinet cleaned out and my desk cleared up, I'd feel like I was in good shape. I really have just too much stuff around here and I'm feeling weighed down. Don't get me wrong, I love stuff. Silly stuff, useful stuff, pretty stuff...but I want to feel like it adds something to my life other than just another of the large U-Haul boxes that I tote around from move to move without ever opening. I'm carrying way too much old baggage around with me, physically and mentally, and it's time to get rid of as much of it as I can manage.