Excellent and concise article! We (well...I) thoroughly decluttered before we moved, and the amount of things we either threw away or donated was pretty staggering. Now, we still have a lot of "stuff" but only things we need and/or love. Marie Kondo wrote a good book about decluttering and organizing I'd recommend, called The Life Changing Magic of Tidying.
Moving is an excellent opportunity to declutter. You were smart to take advantage of that because many don't, simply packing up everything figuring, I guess, that they'll work it out on the other end. What resonnated with me was investing instead of simply buying. Now, I look at how I buy everything from this perspective. So helpful :)
What resonnated with me was investing instead of simply buying.
That's how I was brought up to think, quality instead of quantity. I also notice good-quality things just give me more happiness over a longer period of time (because they last longer than inexpensive items).
I completely agree. I periodically declutter my home but there are still things that I don't throw away or give away because I have formed an attachment to them, even if I don't use them anymore. I give away clothes and shoes but I have a hard time letting go of bags... I don't have a huge number of bags, but still, they still occupy more room than they need and I only use like 3 of them most of the time. I suspect my love of bags comes from a poverty complex of some kind but I really should know better...
Me too with the bags thing!! I buy them to match shoes or whatever and than use the same three, brown, navy blue, and black 90% of the time. Another problem for me has been books. Ah well, we all have our weaknesses.:)
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That's how I was brought up to think, quality instead of quantity. I also notice good-quality things just give me more happiness over a longer period of time (because they last longer than inexpensive items).
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