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Okay. . . upon returning from my allergist appointment, I dove into my master bedroom closet and started weeding through the rest of my clothing. Damn-near pulled half of all of it out. My closet used to be more than full when I moved in 2.5 years ago, and now I'm probably using less than 25% of it for clothing.

My dresser is just for the small stuff, and the special occasion wear for dress-up events, etc. My aim is to keep only what I need, and little more. Might have to add another set of snowboarding base layer pants and shirt to the wardrobe, but I probably won't.

This is good. My ultimate goal of getting almost all I own into a single master bedroom closet is going to happen. Save the items that are usually stored and used in a garage, kitchen, or bathroom. Obviously, furniture doesn't count, but I'm not storing things in my furniture.

There are just a few key things I plan to keep when all is said and done:

1. My photography equipment. 35mm and Digital SLR, with various accessories, will still not take up much space.
2. Videocamera and accessories. Takes up almost NO SPACE, whatsoever.
3. Computer equipment. Going to ditch the scanner, and eventually replace the printer, but getting rid of everyting else but the CPU and LCD.
4. Snowboarding equipment. This is non-negotiable. In the winter, it's practically my life, now.
5. When it comes to electronics, now. . . only the essentials will do. TV, DVD player, Xbox. That's all I plan to keep.

I know it doesn't sound like much, but I have been holding onto utter shitloads of things over the years. The fact that I was so materialistic at all now sickens me. My ex wife's definition of living seemed to include amassing tons of crafting crap and collectibles. Made me sick then, still does. I've tried some things over the years, and come to realize that my hobbies shouldn't be about things. . . but activities and people. My photography paraphanelia captures memories of those I love, my snowboarding keeps me active and gets me out of the house in the winter, and the only time my television even gets turned-on is when I have friends over who want to chill to a movie or play some Halo.

Version 1 of ML took place about two weeks ago. That first stage was monumental as I simply tossed 90% of everything I came across. I freed-up space so fast I couldn't believe it. Now my efforts turn to weeding through that which I must keep, and simply cut out the fat. This obviously takes a bit more time, but I don't have near as much to go through, either. I'm also finding things I would like to sell or give away rather than toss as some things are still very useful, and I'd rather see friends benefit from using them than no one at all. I wish I had taken some pictures of before and after. . . . but I think the before pictures would have been far too embarrassing to show.

More to come on this. . . I'm trying to keep the momentum up as best I can. The more I go through, the closer I can sense that I'll be extremely happy it's been done.

sounds as bad as me taking 2 weeks to organize my file cabinet.......good luck man

Well, the whole point of this is I won't have to take any time at all to organize things once I'm done.

I started to do this....go through things earlier in the year.......It sort of just plopped and I stopped. I got most of the things done I wanted, however the computer equipment is still sitting in a pile in the other room. I've definitely gotten better compared to how I was though....

I hear ya man. I lived my girlfriend for four years. I don't know why chicks collect so much crap. Little fuggin' boxes that don't hold anything, jars full of rocks, blankets and quilts everywhere.... it was so bad I couldn't even move around without knocking something over or tripping over something. Drunktraps everywhere.


I've got things set up just to kick it now.

my wife is a clean nut, so if she get's too much crap, one of us notices the clutter and get's rid of it. works for us.

anyways, here's an idea. get a van, that you can put al your stuff in.

Working on the van idea. . . . with the exception of furniture, I'd like to be able to move the rest of my belongings in the back of a new Legacy wagon.

buy a used u-haul trailer, and outfit it with cabinets and drawers [and locks ] then you could drag that around or leave it when you choose.

Man... I'm so disorganized. I have clothes on the floor, with the exception of all me dress clothes --slacks, nice shirts, etc. Seems anything that I paid decent money for either ends up on the floor, or I try to take care of it so I can wear it again, --without too much ironing.
Have you ever seen a room with Perry Ellis littered all over the floor? It looks like Alex Trebek did a strip tease in my bedroom! (ok, I really shouldn't have said that...)
But serious, I've been meaning to get organized, and I've found the first step might just be to move out. My mother keeps shit everywhere, like FG says, DrunkTraps everywhere.. the vacuum, some misc boxes, not to mention crafty stuff! Mom's big into those little loom things that you can make hotpads and shit out of --you know, those square looms with fabric about the size of a rubber band that you weave.
arg! too bad rent is out of reach, so college might be my only solace. Oh, and now she's on this wooden kick --we have Australian Cypress hardwood floors, which look just like any other floor, really. And then she bought all new stained wood trim stuff, --those boards you put around doors and baseboards. Then her next big thing was new blinds.. *sigh* we have bamboo blinds...

But when I DO get organized, it just goes downhill if I don't stick to my own system. I think that's the key here: Stick to your own system. So when you've put in all that work, you just have to remember it everytime, and try to remember where everything goes.. not conducive to laziness....
oi vey...

Took about 7 FULL bags of clothes and a few boxes of bedding and various other objects to Goodwill, today.

It's OUT of my apartment. . . and the proceeds of everything sold at the local thrift store goes to help natives of Peru, I'm told.