Downsizing

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

-- Henry David Thoreau

Every now and again it is good to go through what you have and see if you still really need all of it. This used to be done at “Spring Cleaning” but there is no need to wait for a certain time of year to do this. We are at a time were we have so much stuff it is starting to own us. If you have a basement, or attic, or storage unit go through it and see if you really need everything that is there. If you aren’t using it or don’t plan on using it in the next six months get rid of it. Give it to someone, recycle it, or sell it. You never know, you may find that you need much less space than you thought. Or you may find something that someone else could really use.

Recently I went through the shelves at the bottom of my basement steps. I have two large shelves and after some reorganizing, recycling, and donating I have a free shelf for things like canning. 

The Shelf on the right used to be overflowing