Packing can definitely be tough, especially if you intend on downsizing for the first time. That’s the case for my move.
I held onto a lot of things I brought into the house & got from the divorce since they were mine. But I know that I needed to downsize a good amount. I was hesitant to do it at first, but I found it therapeutic and emotional as I was doing it.
I found things that I forgot I even had, including some duplicate business cards in a random bag. Shockingly, there were some bigger-ticket items than these cards.
After it was all set and done, I purged the following items:
- Old VHS tapes that can be found digitally
- Old games I don’t play anymore
- Old paperwork/bills from accounts I closed as long as 10 years ago (shred, baby shred)
- Clothes that don’t fit me anymore (anything 2x and/or I didn’t wear was donated)
- Old greeting cards/books/non-photo memory keepsakes collecting dust & not being looked at after 2 or more moves
- Anything I haven’t used in at least a year or was later found to be broken or there wasn’t space for
Overall, the packing & downsizing process was very eye opening for me. Seeing past bills from when I was in credit card debt, old statements from places I used to live, cards from old birthdays/holidays & sympathy cards from my dad’s passing and other things I honestly forgot I had brought up memories.
But getting rid of them helps me to leave my past in the past and concentrate on building the future that is the next chapter in my life.
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