Donating to Goodwill

 Yesterday after work, I dropped off a load of stuff at Goodwill.  In an attempt to really begin to make room in the garage, I loaded up a bunch of boxes full of things that I will never use.  They were full of things that I thought one day I would sell, either online or in a shop (pipe dream).  But, sometimes priorities change and you have to change with them.  And that's fine.  Right now, my focus in life is on other things and I simply don't have the time to get all of that together for sale.

But, now at least there is a little more room in the garage!  And there is also a sense of satisfaction in letting go of things that don't serve a purpose in your life right now.  There were lots of fun things in the boxes and they will eventually go to good homes of their own.  It made me think back to all of the times Grandmother and I went Goodwill and thrift store shopping. We almost always came away with a fun treasure or two.  I still have most of those and will keep them.  But the randomly collected things that are simply taking up space...it was time for them to go and I'm ok with that.  It is time for them to become someone else's treasure, someone else's memory.  And that makes me happy.

Now, my goal is to not buy more random stuff to put in its place.  That will be hard for me because I do love a bargain...even if I can't afford it LOL  But I am determined to show some self control and keep the space as free as possible.  I do like it better when things are neater and not as cluttered.  We'll see how that goes.  Hopefully this weekend I can get another load of stuff put together for Goodwill.  Send your good energy my way!  This ends another episode of Around The House!