I went through my drawers in my bedroom today, as well as the totes I keep under my bed. My house is on the smaller size and I use the long wrapping paper type flat totes to store all my personal care items...hair coloring, waxing,nails, braces and heat packs..all that kinda stuff. I didn't pull a ton, because again I do this whole purge thing 2x a year, BUT I did let go of some stuff and put it in the donate bin. We're getting our floors done in the next few weeks, so anything that's on the floor of my room or closet I'm going through. It's getting put elsewhere or purged, so I don't have that much stuff to move around last minute when they work on that side of the house.
I've been pondering books lately. I love books. Tangible books, but the truth is I listen to 99.9% of my books now. I have collections like my Debbie Macomber books I would collect every year before digital books were a thing and I just don't know if I should keep them any longer. They are some of the things that make me feel kinda yucky inside when I ponder donating them. Same with my presidential and history books. BUT those I look at differently. I really want to keep history books, because history books change over time and I want to make sure certain things are around and accessible in the future. I started a nice collection for my daughter too, so I may just have a conversation and see what she has to say about things. Oh, and Katrina's post made me think about Christmas cookbooks. I have 2 shelves full of Christmas cookbooks and I haven't opened them in years. Books like Southern Living yearly editons and a ton of Gooseberry patch books I worked hard to collect at the thrift stores. I'm so torn!!! Can you tell decluttering has me thinking again. I just think being sick has me in this weird place mentally with my stuff. So I'm trying not to do anything drastic I'll regret. Okay, I'm done.....