One of my big goals for this year was to get rid of 2,011 things, which I loudly proclaimed in this post of yore.
In an effort to keep myself organized, I wrote down items as I got rid of them for most of the year, and then (if I’m being honest) played catch up for the last few months.
A few rules I set for myself in this challenge:
If I got rid of shoes, it counted as one item.
Library books don’t count, since I have to return them anyway. 
So here’s my list of everything I got rid of this year. I couldn’t be more excited at the number at the bottom!
4 glass jars (gifted)
1 packet of rub ons (gifted)
2 trash bags full of unnecessary paper – with approximately 20 items in each conservatively (40 items)
55 articles of clothing/accessories
Garage sale: 300 items
Craigslist: 8 chairs, 6 pieces of artwork, 2 patio tables, dining room table, sideboard, 2 bed frames, 2 headboards, 2 footboards, 2 mattresses, 2 boxsprings, cork table, metal table, microwave, mop, broom, 3 curtain rods, 2 storage milk crates, one plastic storage unit plus three drawers, one mirror, one antique gossip chair, one room divider, 2 dog crates, 1 couch, 1 tv
Given to friend: 6 pieces of artwork, 6 frames
Books: 75 sold or traded
24 books to Goodwill
21 dvd cases
4 more trips to goodwill: 71, 151, 30, 160
50 articles of clothing to women’s halfway house
42 trashbags full of unnecessary paper, junk, etc. – with approximately 15 items each in it very conservatively (630 items approximately)
6 park service uniforms donated back to NPS
9 bridal magazines
Cap, tassel, gown
Left behind cleaning supplies for the next tenant: 5 in laundry room, 6 in master bath, 1 in side bath, 30 screws, 7 other house hold painting supplies, 21 cleaning items in kitchen
6 bottles of liquor to our neighbor
2 pillows to our neighbor
Back home in Louisiana:
Cleaning spree in storage room: 10 textbooks, 6 bags of trash with approximately 15 items in each conservatively = 90 items, 27 miscellaneous
Garage Sale #2: 15 pairs of shoes, stereo system, 4 articles of clothing
Gave away to family members: 30 pieces of clothing, 2 perfume bottles, 15 bottles of nail polish, 17 pairs of shoes to my mom to wear this winter
Grenada: 3 pairs of flip flops, 1 dvd case, 1 bag, 2 books, 3 magazines, 2 packs of candy to a friend, 1 reusable shopping bag, 4 school books
6 empty pill bottles, 5 empty boxes, 3 expired medications & 4 medicine bags.
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Garage sale: 300 items
Craigslist: 8 chairs, 6 pieces of artwork, 2 patio tables, dining room table, sideboard, 2 bed frames, 2 headboards, 2 footboards, 2 mattresses, 2 boxsprings, cork table, metal table, microwave, mop, broom, 3 curtain rods, 2 storage milk crates, one plastic storage unit plus three drawers, one mirror, one antique gossip chair, one room divider, 2 dog crates, 1 couch, 1 tv
Given to friend: 6 pieces of artwork, 6 frames
Books: 75 sold or traded
24 books to Goodwill
21 dvd cases
4 more trips to goodwill: 71, 151, 30, 160
50 articles of clothing to women’s halfway house
42 trashbags full of unnecessary paper, junk, etc. – with approximately 15 items each in it very conservatively (630 items approximately)
6 park service uniforms donated back to NPS
9 bridal magazines
Cap, tassel, gown
Left behind cleaning supplies for the next tenant: 5 in laundry room, 6 in master bath, 1 in side bath, 30 screws, 7 other house hold painting supplies, 21 cleaning items in kitchen
6 bottles of liquor to our neighbor
2 pillows to our neighbor
Back home in Louisiana:
Cleaning spree in storage room: 10 textbooks, 6 bags of trash with approximately 15 items in each conservatively = 90 items, 27 miscellaneous
Garage Sale #2: 15 pairs of shoes, stereo system, 4 articles of clothing
Gave away to family members: 30 pieces of clothing, 2 perfume bottles, 15 bottles of nail polish, 17 pairs of shoes to my mom to wear this winter
Grenada: 3 pairs of flip flops, 1 dvd case, 1 bag, 2 books, 3 magazines, 2 packs of candy to a friend, 1 reusable shopping bag, 4 school books
6 empty pill bottles, 5 empty boxes, 3 expired medications & 4 medicine bags.
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= 2,013
pieces of clutter gone from my life!
I have to say, this is one of the first times I’ve consciously made a resolution and stuck to it. I’m a little addicted to de-cluttering now, and highly recommend it as I feel so much lighter and freer without all of that stuff in my life!
