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The Urge to Purge

by | Mar 11, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4VyuT_55XWI/TXpiWmS4d4I/AAAAAAAAAXw/aW7vd5JRhpE/s1600/declutter.JPG” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”143″ src=”https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4VyuT_55XWI/TXpiWmS4d4I/AAAAAAAAAXw/aW7vd5JRhpE/s200/declutter.JPG” width=”200″ //a/divA funny thing happens when you a href=”http://www.daveramseyroad.com/2011/03/we-are-consumer-debt-free.html”dump debt/a, the need to get rid of unwanted, unused scrap/snbsp;stuffnbsp;becomes overwhelming. nbsp;Throughout our debt freedom journey, I have been looking around my house and I know there are TONS of things that can go, but I have yet to do so.br /br /For me there is a mental hang-up. nbsp;I know I have spent money on the items that I need to toss, but I hate the feeling of wasting money. nbsp;Years ago when I did eBay I used to list anything that wasn’t nailed down. Now, it’s just exhausting to think of taking pictures, posting, waiting, shipping, etc. nbsp;People have told me to put things on Craigslist, but again, there are pictures, posting, waiting and then meeting the person somewhere to get rid of the item they may or may not want. nbsp;Exhausting!br /br /When we were a military family it was a bit easier. nbsp;After a few years nbsp;of living somewherenbsp;i{or 18 months in a few cases}/inbsp;we were required to move. I would have to purge because there was a weight limit for what the military would move. nbsp;Being a frugal person I wasn’t going to pay extra to move junk.br /br /I think I just need to get a bunch of moving boxes pile stuff in and tape it shut. nbsp;If I pretend I’m moving maybe I’ll get motivated. nbsp;i{*Ahem* who am I kidding?}/ibr /ibr //ibr /iAnybody out there who loves to organize and purge wanna help me out? nbsp;Free encouragement available!/ibr /br /a href=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” target=”_blank”img alt=”Anna” border=”0″ src=”http://www.aghdesigns.com/images/blogs/siggy4.png” //a

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