My 7 a day

I have become addicted to reading other women's blogs. I seem to gravitate to blogs that are written by people who are slowing down and trying to live a life they have created. I am really inspired by so many of them.

I have a few favorite blogs I will share in the future.

Currently I have been inspired by a blogger who has committed to getting rid of 7 things a week in order to declutter her home and release her attachment to things. I have decided to do the same but I am committed to releasing 7 things per day.

I have decided to do this for many reasons but mainly because I want to rid myself of things that no longer serve a purpose in my life. I am always been sort of a packrat and one to hold onto things "just in case." This is no longer a need of mine.

I am currently into giving things away to others so they can use it. I love the way that makes me feel. I feel like a matching things with the perfect owner lots of times.

I have gotten myself a nice network of people who will accept the things I am getting rid of. Another great thing about my network of "accepters" is that they feel very comfortable about filtering the things I give them and then passing on what does not work for them. I must say I love that.

When I first began decluttering I thought I should try to sell things on Ebay or craiglist. Boy, did that get too complex. Next, I decided to FreeCycle which was rewarding but I caught myself also getting stuff from FreeCycle so I had to pull back from that. Now I have decided to freely and very happily give my unloved things to others. It is so easy and freeing not to mention uncomplicated.

Here is my first day of purging. I intended to only purge 7 things but got on a roll and continued.This is all Tupperware that I bought within a 2 year period. I intended to sell TW but interesting enough I never had a TW party and only sold to my immediate family and mainly myself. I think it was an obsession at one point. I hung onto the TW because I felt like it represented money to me. In reality, it burdened me with "You could make money by selling this." Oh, I forgot to mention I am in no way a sales person. In fact, I stink at it.

I feel so light now. My sister got all the loot and loves it. I have a totally empty shelf now.