You know when you have a bag that you carry your stuff in, and eventually you fill it up? Then you might get a bigger bag, and fill that up? I had a friend in college that carried such a big bag it seemed to me she was carrying around a weight, not belongings.
We like bags. We even designed (not yet manufactured) a bag called "Take One Thing Out," which was to encourage just that, carrying less.
Then Sara had an idea for a holiday Un-Party. You would send out invitations and schedule it for a weeknight during the busiest time of the holiday season. On the night of the party everyone that accepted was to stay home. If anyone asked you to do anything on that night you could politely decline, as you were invited to another party. Un-Party.
Did you know that apple trees only give fruit if they are pruned? In order for the fruit to form, the growth of the branches needs to be cut back. There needs to be less tree.
Isn't all of this the same in an apartment? MGR
I love that you guys post on this subject. I haven't moved in 3 years and one of my favorite parts about moving is the purging process. There have been times in this apartment that I have almost gone mad thinking of all the things I have built up to read later, study later, wear sometime in the future, that I don't have the time to go through. I have tried in small bits but it is not as spiritually effective as going through *everything.* So now I'm moving to LA and today I took 3 garbage bags--one over 4' tall--full of donations to AmVets. I get into this purging process and I just want to give everything away and start from scratch. Alas, if I only had the money.
Oh and I love the picture. It reminds me that I should be climbing more trees.