durhamave.com -

Life Edit #1

So what does a Life Edit look like?

From this

to this

15 things were put in their proper place

4 things tossed

Not a great start, but it is something and I feel better about this space already.  I am just not looking forward to that closet that is the "proper place" for some of that stuff.  I think I will list things I am reducing that still have any real value on ebay and post the links here as well.  As for that closet, another day.  Too much too soon is what did me in the first time around.

Life Edit

Over the years I have displayed an obsession with the idea of owning less stuff, all the while accumulating more and more stuff.

About two years ago I had read something about a project called The 100 Thing Challenge by Dave Bruno.  The challenge, to reduce (get rid of some of your stuff), refuse (to get more new stuff) and rejigger (your priorities) had goal to "break free from the confining habits of American-style consumerism."

Here it is two years later and not only have I abandoned The 100 Things Challenge, but I have accumulated even more stuff.  Today while catching up on the news I came across Graham Hill's 2011 TED talk.  Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com.  In his TED talk Hill tries to put STUFF in perspective.  Sitting on a box all taped up, he said, "What's in the box? Whatever it is must be pretty important, because I've traveled with it, moved it, from apartment to apartment to apartment."

What happened to cause me to lose my laser-like focus?  Life.  So now I intend to try a Mulligan and manage things in smaller bite sized bits.  I am calling this my Life Edit.  How will this time be different?  I intend to post a picture of the before and after Life Edits.  I do not intend to just clean things up,but reduce, refuse and rejigger.  Wish me luck!