Karan, you are truly an inspiration in tackling this project. It must be so liberating and I feel your joy as you make more progress. BTW, if you want to show pictures you could put them in an album on your profile page, then you can edit and remove whenever you want.
I need to do this too, and even though I work "at" it constantly, I never get it all done. I find myself getting emotional about certain things and not able to get rid of them, but then other times I can really get on a roll and dispose of a lot.
A few months ago I took 8 huge bags of clothing out of my closet and donated to the Women's shelter. They provide items free to women in need and sell the rest in a boutique to support the shelter. It felt so good, knowing that my clothing would be utilized by women who need them.
I also took a truck load of left over building materials, good but used toilet, sink, and furniture to Habitat for Humanity Restore after my remodeling project. Both places gave me donation receipts for tax deduction.
Another truck load went to the e-cycling (electric recycling center) that included old tv, stereo stuff, lots of old computers, printers & accessories.
I still have half of my garage stuffed with stuff to go through, then I can have room to store everything from my overloaded kitchen and pantry which I have to remove to make way for remodeling my whole kitchen. That is a big project, but a big reward for 2015.
Living on an island, I always try to re-purpose items when possible, rather than throw in the trash which goes in a landfill on our little island. |