Walking maybe 10 or 15 minutes, passed it when walking the dog about two weeks ago – can’t remember the name however…Sawdust?

eBay has a good thing right now with .99 free listings.

I think most of what I own I can get rid of (ala I am going to live on a boat or something) and it’s just a mental matter being realized as an economic matter with sunk costs and no need for a return, but only as a bonus.

Free clothes – Savers is where I donate.

Do you have any suggestion for giving away clothing? I usually drop my clothes off at the Planet boxes, but I’ve heard they don’t always make it to the intended recipients. I really need to get rid of some clothes!

Enjoy,

I am going to learn how to build an Access database. Perhaps with a good overview of my collection, I will find things to downsize.

I have a collection of National Geographic mags that go back to 1900. Also most copies of Mother Earth News.

@Kevin M – Most importantly a rack for my PV panels. Of secondary importance is a roof replacement. The material comes to around $500-$700, but the labor is several thousands. I thus figure I’d do it myself… eventually. I also want to make a box for my mini drill press.

I did list some of them on Half.com and some sold. But I was amazed at the depreciation value of books if they do not hit the much sought after titles. So, they turned out better to keep.

Then I had those in excellent condition but did not hold total personal/emotional value so I donated those to the ‘friends of the library’. It will be stocked in the new 10K sq. foot library they are building in our library.

Hmmm… those of high value may just need to keep staying in my collection.

Of course, i am becoming rather fond of the Amazon Kindle app for the iPad – Reading Warren Buffet’s Snowball I bought for $9.99. So what happens when the iPad becomes outdated??? Eeks!

I was shopping around for a nice camera for her 50th bday, which is next year.

Jacob has my email, maybe we can work out a good deal!.

Still reading the rest of the comments…

I have a lot of clothes that I can no longer wear. If I haven’t started losing significant weight by the end of summer I should probably go ahead and get rid of those. I never buy clothes but I still seem to end up with a surplus of them.

I still have a box of CDs, but they are hard to get rid of. I’m trying to rip some of them into digital files on the computer before I eliminate.

@Jacob – what kind of stuff are you planning to build in your woodworking hobby? I’d be interested in hearing more about that as I’m reviving it as a hobby myself.

I’m pretty much done buying CDs at this point. I prefer to keep all my music on my computer. I’m pretty much done with DVDs too. I’ll probably stick to renting or maybe break down and get a netflix subscription if I ever go on another movie kick.

I love books so I’m sure I’ll be getting more of those, but I think I’m going to be much more selective about the books that I choose to buy and keep. I’m going to limit these to frequently used books and books that could be easily enjoyed by company.

DeClutter #1 – done. What to rid of next…

Like many people I collected spare change & put them in a money box. Where they would sit depreciating. Except, I had a separate money box for every type of coin (8 different coins here in the UK) I paid in just under £70 worth of coins into my bank account & freed up half a shelf in my cupboard.

I have visited friend’s houses who have 5 litre demi johns full of coins, which must have hundreds of pounds worth of coins just sitting there.

I’m sure Jacob will find this amusing: I genuinely used to think, “what is the point of a 1p coin? It doesn’t buy anything!” I used to take all the small denomination coins out of my wallet because I just didn’t use them, mostly out of laziness. I couldn’t be bothered to count it out to a shop keeper.

I rarely use cash now, but what I do use is in my wallet, where it is much easier to tell if I have a surplus building up.