![]() ![]() Edit: We have links to the entire process at the end of this post. We might have far more stuff than that, or maybe we don’t actually have that much stuff after all. I’ll be honest – I don’t really know how realistic that number is. That means by the end of the 22 weeks, we’ll have let go of 759 items. ![]() We’ll then increase that number by three every week, so week 2 we’ll let go of an extra six items, week 3 we’ll let go of an extra nine items, etc. In week 1, we’ll put three items in the sell, donate or junk piles. To make this process less overwhelming, we’ll gradually increase how many items we let go of each week. We also don’t own anything particularly valuable, so selling off stuff wouldn’t earn us much anyway. The sell pile will likely be the smallest as neither of us are keen on doing a yard sale. The donate and junk items will probably be the largest piles. So starting this week, we’re beginning to go through everything we own and putting it in one of five categories: That’ll make things far less hectic in November, plus I’m hoping it’ll help provide some momentum leading into the trip. Rather than leaving The Purge until the last minute, I wanted to make a start now. We’ll be moving out of our apartment in about 22 weeks time. They make the point that if an item can be replaced for less than $20 in less than 20 minutes, you can let go of it, safe in the knowledge that it’s easily replaceable if absolutely necessary. ![]() The Minimalists have a great post about getting rid of “just in case” items. I’m therefore going to try hard to let go of as many of these things as possible. The thing is, I don’t need – or use – any of these items. I have small amounts of foreign currency from countries we’ve not visited in ten years – just in case. I own about eight pairs of shorts even though I only ever wear three or four of them – just in case. We have baskets full of pens and pencils – just in case. That’s why I have a box full of phone chargers and USB cables I’ve not used in years – just in case. Part of me wants to keep a bunch of random stuff “just in case”. We’ll only have space in the car for a few carry-on suitcases, a portable kitchen (more about that in the future) and a crate for Truffles (our dog). That means we’ll have to be pretty ruthless when it comes to letting go of what we own. It doesn’t seem worth storing anything more than that – if we won’t need the items in the next five years, we probably don’t need them at all. We’re therefore paring down our possessions so that pretty much all we have left can be carried in our car, other than a couple of boxes of personal items we’ll be storing with Shae’s parents. That’s all about to change, because on Januwe’re heading off on a 5 year, 50 state road trip. Shae and I still don’t have that much stuff though in the grand scheme of things – everything we own is currently in our 680 sq ft apartment. As always seems to happen though, in the years since then we’ve tended to gain possessions faster than we’ve gotten rid of them. ![]()
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