Stuff Gone....need more stuff gone

Had rummage sale.
Weather sucked.
Had some sales, but not nearly enough to put even a dent in the pile of stuff.

Thus....having another sale and monitoring weather closely to shoot for warmer and dryer for the big day.

Uggg.

-I think I can only muster the strength for one more try. Anything not sold is going to donations at the nearest of those type facilities.

Even with a lot of stuff gone- I suddenly look around and see everywhere...more, more, more stuff. Some of it is useful functional stuff. But some of it is not really.

One thing that strikes me suddenly is the obssession in this culture with clothing. I have enough clothing in my house to wrap the thing in them! A lot of the stuff has hardly ever been worn. Most of it is very repetitive....as in dozens of pairs of jeans, drawers full of underwear, t-shirts upon t-shirts. I am always reminded of the ginormous pile of clothing in my possession when I do the wash.

I have a strong feeling it is not supposed to be this way.
At least not for Me.
I feel weighted down by all these possessions.

Gotta get lighter.

Big Rummage Sale Upcoming

As part of my changing philosophy I will be participating in a mult-person rummage sale this autumn season. In this pending yard/rummage sale I will be putting up for sale MANY things that I've been toting around with me for quite some time. Life Dander? Perhaps....





I do believe I will be selling off/getting rid of most of my Christmas decor. (I have quite the collection as I believe I was previously suffering from some strange mental disorder involving whole house staging for x-mas that has no basis in anything reasonable.)




I have unfortunately come to see many of the holidays that are so zealously celebrated as having a consumerism and materialism driven foundation. These are marketed events for conditioning a willingness to spend money on stuff......mostly unneccesary stuff that clogs up the arteries of the energy flow of life. Life is worth celebrating....don't get me wrong. I just don't feel the need for a "special occasion" in order to do so. Nor do I feel it is necessary to spend money or acquire things to properly make notice of the special nature of this life.



I will also be putting my Thanksgiving and Halloween decorations on the chopping block. I have been thinking about all these things for many moons now. I asked myself...what does this add to your life? Does it carry a positive charge - having these bits? What do things affirm about a person...if anything? Is it entertaining, worthwhile, helpful, beautiful?



Well....after my musing on it I determined that a lot of the "extras" type stuff that I have is like a dead weight in my life. I go through the motions with the little traditions I have established....but they don't carry the same significance for me anymore. It's a bunch of empty hoopla of which I don't feel a connection. I just see a pile of stuff in boxes....to be taken out, then placed back into...stored, moved, cleaned. And for what? Just sick of stuff.

The more stuff I move out of my life, the more peace and happiness I experience. Good reason to lighten the load and ditch "shopping" as a recreational activity.