{"id":331077,"date":"2010-02-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/daily_green_cheapskate\/49\/can-t-decide-if-it-s-clutter-or-treasure-read-this.html"},"modified":"2010-02-17T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T12:00:00","slug":"cant-decide-if-its-clutter-or-treasure-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/331077","title":{"rendered":"Can’t decide if it’s clutter or treasure? Read this"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo: Brian Clark Howard)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Given my proclivity for adopting minimalist New Year’s resolutions<\/a>, I’m really pushing the envelope this year by vowing to thoroughly declutter<\/a> my house and my life. <\/p>\n

In January, I dove head over long into my decluttering campaign, rummaging through the garage, closets, and dresser drawers for items I haven’t used in at least the past year or two. I’ve told myself that those are the things I should seriously consider parting company with. <\/p>\n

My pile of rarely used items quickly began to take over the living room floor, and when I stood back to appraise my progress, a wave of anxiety hit me. It was a veritable tsunami of materialistic nostalgia. <\/p>\n

This is great stuff, I said to myself. I can’t give it away!<\/em><\/p>\n

My original intention had been to cart everything off to a local thrift store<\/a> or maybe post it on the Freecycle Network<\/a>, as those are terrific ways to redistribute things you no longer need. But I decided that my<\/em> old stuff is so special, it deserves the best possible new home. <\/p>\n

Parting is such sweet sorrow, but after some online research, here’s my last will and testament concerning the distribution of my stuff to some very special new homes: <\/p>\n