At the beginning of January, my wife and I rented - on a month-to-month basis - a 10x10 booth in an indoor flea market. We are now systematically going through our house from top to bottom, drawer by drawer, and shelf by shelf and getting rid of everything we don't need - which sometimes seems to be about half of what we own. It has become a very liberating experience and should help us in several ways: less to clean now and less to move at some time in the future. Things that don't sell will be put on a garage sale - everything is already priced - and things that don't sell there will be donated to a local charity. Nothing will come back into our house.
Last week I started cleaning out my technical life. I have a new iPhone and am starting over on my contacts and calendar as my previous smart phone stopped hot syncing with my laptop months ago. There are a few contacts that I miss, but I'm adding them as I go along. Last week I even de-friended a contact on Facebook. That was more traumatic, but I don't miss the posts. I'm now working on hiding posts from several applications - mostly games that are played on Facebook. They clutter my news feed on a daily basis.
Today, I read an article in REALTOR magazine titled "Living Big in a Small Home." There's a lot of good information that's should be helpful whether you're moving and need to stage your house or just want to simplify your life. I hope that you find a few ideas that you can implement yourself. Click on this sentence to be directed to the article.
No matter how you decide to simplify your life, have a good year.
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