That annoying banana tree that's never bared fruit....

I'm thinking it's time to purge my office here at work. I've seemed to amass a large collection of whatthefuckeries in the form of weird tchotchkes, tons of paper, extra office supplies, old files that need to be shredded, a towering stack of data storage paraphernalia and random things that need to be taken home.

I'll report back on what I'm able to let go :)

I cleaned out my closet, again, literally.

I have 2 more bags of clothes to donate. I had no idea that the closet I use had so much stuff in it. Some of it is my moms and some is mine but good lord there is a lot more space in the closet, which is good, cuz we are downsizing whether they like it or not.

I got rid of...
 

I have 3 bags of clothing to donate which also includes a couple of pairs of shoes, sunglasses, purses and other accessories.

Now, to go through my books to donate or pass on to a friend. I would gladly donate my books to a free 'take one leave one' library box but I haven't seen any of those around...

$86. :| (damn bills)
And,
Several gently worn coats to a local charity.

I got rid of...
 

Two bags of kitchen stuff and I'm not done yet. I'm still deciding on whether or not I want to hang on to an extra juicer I have...

Today I got rid of...
 

Clothes that I no longer wear that are practically brand new. I have far too many clothes, more than I need. Now someone else can enjoy them.

That is an excellent and positive way of looking at items we discard......:hangloose:

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The pile of mostly junk mail that accumulated while I was on vacation...

An air conditioner that got me through quite a few summers...
Now installing the new one. It is a keypad, with clock, timer, 15 temperature
control adjustments, and a remote. No more simple knob switch that turned to fan, low, medium, and high.

That horrible, ugly curtain rod that I've been hating so much since the day I bought it. It was all I could afford at the time so it wasn't my first, second or even third choice, just the only affordable option available to me at Big Lots. The curtains, drapes at the second hand stores here are horrible. Ugly and who even knows what toxic, health hazard things they're made of. Anyhow It was time for a change but it's still in good shape with, unfortunately, I imagine probably plenty of life still left in it. So I had my son set it out by the dumpster. That's what we do here with stuff we're just going to toss but someone else might be able to use. No matter how bad things are there's always someone who has it worse.

A dining room table that was here when we moved in. My brother in law was bringing his old living room set to Sally's and I asked if the table could tag along. It will be nice for someone else; its just too big for our space.

He also took a kitchen sink that we bought and didn't like. It was black enamel and I really wanted black granite. Now it will find a new home <3

Today I got rid of a little anger and replaced it with acceptance. I feel so much better now.
:)

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My inhibitions....

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Today I cleaned out desk drawers that contained multiple pairs of scissors, ink pens, pencils, tablets of paper, paper clips, staples, highlight markers, and a host of other items as well.

I have set these items aside and come August I'll donate them to the school supply fund collection.

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Today I started in my closet and purged old t-shirts that had seen better days, some old jeans that were a tad to tight, a couple pairs of sneakers, some thread bare undergarments, and several pairs of socks beyond repair!

Then I moved on to my drawer in the filing cabinet where I shredded duplicate items of paperwork I hadn't realized I'd saved. Nothing builds up like medical records if you don't keep on top of them!

And what the heck is with all these HIPAA Privacy Authorization Form??? I got rid of all of them and the next time a medical provider asks me if I want a copy I plan on answering "hell no"!

The self-doubting part of me. I joined a women's civic group in my city and am determined to make this experience, and the entire year to come, a year of "Yes". Serve on a committee? It's done. Run the committee? Why the hell not?