Downsizing

I’ve known for years that I would someday have to/want to downsize.   Did that make me clean out closets?  Kitchen cupboards?   The shed?  The garage?  HAH

Actually, I have sold quite a lot at garage sales in the past few years…and given even more to Goodwill.  Still, there’s a whole lot of stuff packed away, stuff that I haven’t seen in years and will never again use.

Why is it so hard, then, to just chuck it all?   It might actually be easy if I didn’t take time to look at things first.   Yesterday, for instance,  I dug out old toys;  ascertained that the daughters no longer wanted them (raising the very good question of why I’ve dragged them from house to house for 20-30 years); and spent the day sorting them.  This, to Don, looked a lot like playing with them.   Ok, maybe.   I had a lovely time. 🙂   This morning after our walk, Cheryl came in to look at some things and bought quite a lot,  so all the sorting was definitely worth it.

I have so many boxes to look through, some just photos; others, old school papers (really, now!)   and a whole lot more toys.   It’s fun;  it’s exhausting;  it’s necessary.

Although I probably won’t get this house on the market this spring, surely I will by next year at this time.   Owning more than one home is a bit of a burden…not unbearable…but annoying in many small ways.  I’ll be glad to settle down in the Florida one.  Just not quite yet.

Anyway,  I’ve begun the process.