Saturday, October 30, 2010

The things we lost in the purge

Deciding to live small (and move across the country) means seriously simplifying so we've spent weeks trying to ditch the clutter, mess, unnecessaries and inessentials.

Jay made a rule that we had to get rid of an item per day. It became a new form of entertainment to watch people come over to visit and leave with a dart board or speaker system. I thought I'd be sad to see our stuff go but it turned into more of a game where the goal was to end up homeless with no possessions and only the clothes on your back.

What I lost and don't need to find:

1 Queen size bed - I gave it to some street-youth who just got their first apartment

All pit-stained tee shirts and holey toed socks

12 speed bicycle - Gave this one to a bicycle-less bicycle courier (he needed it more than I did)

VCR - remember VCRs?

A bunch of other stuff ... I guess you know the purge was the right decision when you can't even remember it a week later

The best bit - without all that shit in the way, there is tons of open space for Wayne to get his beauty rest.

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