To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
Some things I just don't like - overcoming sunk cost fallacy here -
A cactus that has gotten uglier over the years. I am not good with houseplants, and now even with cacti. I have a bigger cactus as well I may tackle over the weekend. No matter how I have rotated them over the years they go crooked among other things.
Cheese that is too sharp.
Instant coffee I bought when I could not find regular coffee in the store. I will switch to tea instead - could use a caffeine stepdown anyways.
Me too on the sunk cost fallacy. A pretty but uncomfortable pillow and a throw rug that only a mother could love--it was a nice but very ratty now. A really cute pitcher that I bought not realizing until I went to dust it yesterday that it had a crack. Note to self, wear glasses and take a magnifying glass when shopping for antiques.
I have a bag of books to take to Hannaford. I love to get books at the exchange and donate money, then redonate the books.
Hi Happystuff!
No, I don't reduce my total for items I buy. I just decided to add returned items to my total because I noticed a few years ago that a big source of my clutter was stuff I bought, didn't end up using or liking, and didn't return. I thought adding it to my decluttering total might motivate me to be better about returning it, which it has. I know some people here get rid of something every time they buy something new, but I'm just not there yet. I'm just trying to celebrate every damn thing I get out of the house.
Yesterday, I took 17 items to Goodwill, and on Tuesday and yesterday, I gave away 10 items to people on my Buy Nothing Group.
New total for month: 103!
Been regularly purging things but finally decided to document here the most recent items:
Last week taken to Goodwill:
15 tops
1 suit
4 shirts
5 pairs of pants
2 scarves
1 glass vase
2 bath towels
1 queen sized sheet
1 glass pitcher
Tossed: 1 top and 1 shirt, several pairs of socks getting holey by now
Donated to library: 4 books
Taken to electronic recycling: broken shredder, worn out coffee grinder, broken LED holiday lights
And...there's still more coming
Thanks for the explanation, ejchase. I was wondering how you handled it. Sounds good and you are doing fabulous!!! Congrats!
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
A pair of shoes that were not comfortable.
Nice job, saguaro. Your post is a reminder to me that I really need to take a look at clothes and do some purging.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
I read that most people only wear 20% of their clothes.
In the electronic category, an ebook app. My library changed the one they use and I don't like the replacement. This also involves giving up 10 books and ehold and blocking the emails from the app. I am back to hard copy books only, as I was pre-pandemic.
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