I'm going for broke!! Yes, I'm sick of my own excesses!! I've watched enough Clean Sweep and Oprah shows to know that the best way is to take everything out of the room and start from scratch. I boxed everything up without a care of what was inside. Goal, get it out! Sort later.
Then, one evening at a time, I'll tackle as many boxes as I can to sort to put all like items together because I need to see exactly how much of everything I really do have. In the past several months, Ive been especially enthused when I discovered several opportunities to sell off my belongings at scrap yard sales at local crop gatherings, etc. This past December, I think within two crops and a few ebay sales, I grossed approximately $174? Not bad for turning junk into cash!
Here's my process:
- Take everything out of the room by putting everything in boxes.
- Sort one box at a time into the following piles:
This process, albeit it's just one blog posting, in actuality has taken me several months to complete. I wish I could take a week off from work to just concentrate on this. So I'm not following Wookiemouse's recommended process per se but using the method that works best for me with my time constraints. But I'd like to think I'm going for broke, just over a period of time.
- Keep: Put it with like items that already has a home
- Donate: Put them in designated boxes for various charities. Mail/drop off to the charity within the same week.
- Sell: Put them in designated boxes and devote any available down time to label and price the items for the next scrap sale opportunity.
Here's what the living room looks like now with everything taken out of my closets, lol. (You have no idea how embarrassed I am to share this.)
Yes, I need to get all of this stuff into ONE room. Think I can do it? I sure hope so!
NOTE: Follow along my organization journey every other Monday here on my Scrap Room Organization Page on my blog.
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