In a biweekly visit to our local Goodwill truck today, a thought occurred to me: one only has to go into one's garage (or other storage space) to appreciate how much crap one can accumulate in his or her lifetime. Take our situation, for instance. For some time, my husband and I lived in several small apartments. In the process of down-sizing from a large home, however, I had to rent not one but TWO storage units to accommodate my ginormous collection of crap. Much to Keith's chagrin, I paid (and then we paid) royally for this convenience--the ability to visit my crap on a semiannual basis--over a period of almost three years. Even when we bought and moved into our condo (only slightly bigger than the apartment), his dream of clearing out both storage spaces was not realized.
Finally, we bought our own piece of 2000-square-foot heaven: a free-standing single-family home with a two-car garage. Ahhh...storage be done! Right? Well, kind of. Instead of the garage-like space we used to rent in Newport Beach, we now have our own garage with rafter space, several smallish closets, and lots of nooks and crannies in which to ferret away our dirty little secret: lots of "we might use this someday, right?" crap.
After a year and a half of living storage-unit-free, we're doing our best to donate or sell these meaningless items and streamline our life. With a baby on the way, it seems even more important, as that will surely be a catalyst for an unbelievable amount of crap. We've had several humorous discussions about where we'll put the baby (because OMG--where will we put the crap??!!).
Anyway, if you have any bright ideas for de-crapping one's living space, please let us know. We're all about de-crapping.
