Day 49

The urge to get rid of stuff as definitively calmed down. Nonetheless, I still am freeing my home and office of at least one item per day - even though at the moment it is mostly small stuff (like earrings that I found out that I don't use or need that much, random paper notes that I write, or small items that I find when opening drawers.

I keep a permanent "donation bag" in my closet where I put clothing that for some reason I don't find comfortable anymore or that I am OK without.

Last week I went on holidays and it helped me realise two things:

1. It is a lot easier to pack a bag with my new wardrobe and with the new organisation in the toiletries.

2. Being away from the things helps me getting rid of them in the return.

And confirming this last item, when I returned I placed my worn down CAT boots in the donation bag and tossed a old underwear set in the garbage (although I loved it, the white lace had lost its color in the washing machine).

I have not been very thorough with the first purge though... I still haven't checked the storage rooms properly and I know I have a suitcase and a ironing board to get rid of... I hope that I can do this this week!

I am being able to keep the "not buying extra things" challenge. This month however I bought batteries for my watches on eBay - I have 3 cute watches that just stopped working and I want to fix them so I can include them in the rotary system for accessories.

Speaking of accessories... I managed to donate a few hats as well - the most difficult item for me - but I believe that now I really wear all of the hats I own (even though there are lots of them).

For Easter I will go back to Portugal and I know that a big task awaits there: I still have clothes/shoes/accessories/PhD documents stored in my parents house and I will have to go through all of that (and toss away/donate 99% of it). I think it would be very unlikely that I actually will bring anything with me - except maybe if there are still some hats there! :)