Less is more.

I'm a complex individual when it comes to my emotions, feelings and stuff I like. So I want to try and live simply. When I mean live, I mean stuff I own and my living space. I tried this probably several years ago and well it didn't last. When I moved into my apartment, I had alot of living space and closet space. That's what I wanted. I started to fill up my closets and wall space and built-ins that I had. Some people have an eye for decorating with lots of stuff...like my sister Holly. She has such an eye for what goes together. It looks lovely in her home. I on the other hand realized, I just didn't have an eye for making lots of different things go together when I cam to decorating. It just looked, well cluttered. I just didn't feel relaxed all the time.

I had an indoor yard sale this year and got rid of alot of stuff. But what didn't sell, I kept for another one next year. The crap then just kept piling up again because well, I was moving stuff around. Wanted to make my decorations more simpler.

So, I went through my "yard sale stuff" and got rid of the stuff that just haven't sold from other years I had a yard sale. (yeah I'm one of those that keep the crap from year to year). I gave 4 big black garbage bags of to goodwill, along with a box of sutff, some smaller bags, an artifical christmas tree (6.5 feet-huge and I don't need that when I'm single),a wrapping paper storage container (as I had another one that I used) and an older vaccum. It works but not that good so I bought a new one. I needed to because of my allergies. I also got rid of 4 shopping bags of clothes in a month to the consignment shop in town. I've been a member there for years and have made money. It's great because sometimes I buy some clothes there and they just take the money out of my account. I still probably make around $80-$100 a year.

My living space just looks more simple. I feel more relaxed. It will be a work in progress though. Here are some before and afters. I still have sentimental things like stuff people made. My pics are going to go into a scrapbook someday that I had on my walls and on my shelves. I still have some things left put away but I may end up giving that away too.