{"id":3088,"date":"2014-03-16T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T02:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2014-09-26T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T20:07:43","slug":"a-drawer-a-day-wk-2-bedroom-1-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/a-drawer-a-day-wk-2-bedroom-1-again\/","title":{"rendered":"A Drawer A Day: Wk 2-Bedroom #1+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m still in my bedroom because we have two extra dressers that serve as storage for gifts, mementos, and children\u2019s clothes that we still have visions of someday passing on to grandchildren. It\u2019s a little embarrassing to admit that I have two dressers worth of extra stuff and a bedroom big enough to hold them. Alas, that is the reality of a large older home that we\u2019ve lived in for over 30 years. It was with some trepidation, therefore, that I approached the six dresser drawers this week since I knew that they were stuffed with memories. Many items were potential gifts that I had collected, often from foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEEK 2 RESULTS:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Give-Away.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3094\" alt=\"Days 365+69c ADAD Give Away\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Give-Away-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>1. \u00a0Give-Aways<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11 pieces of baby and children\u2019s clothing (I saved the ones to which I\u2019m most sentimentally attached in case there are future grandchildren who might use them.)<\/li>\n<li>11 T-shirts. Most of them got saved because they came from foreign countries. Thus, even though no one wore them anymore, they were mementos of trips. I decided that it was better for someone to wear them <em>now<\/em>, than to have them stay in my drawer.<\/li>\n<li>3 little purses. I love having a tiny, across the body, purse for travel that\u2019s just big enough for money, ID, a comb, photos, and a phone. Unfortunately several times I\u2019ve found such a perfect purse forgetting that I already had one. Eventually these do wear out, so I saved three others.<\/li>\n<li>2 mini clocks without batteries<\/li>\n<li>5 packs of sewing machine needles from a sewing machine that broke 2 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s slippers that I was saving for guests who might need some. No one ever asked. Why not give it to someone who could use it now.<\/li>\n<li>1 of Jim\u2019s sweaters. I cajoled Jim into going through his dresser. He chose two drawers and found one sweater that he was willing to give away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Throw-Away.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3095\" alt=\"Days 365+69c ADAD Throw Away\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Throw-Away-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Throw-Away-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Throw-Away-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Throw-Away.jpg 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>2. \u00a0Throw-Aways<\/strong>\u00a0(These were easy calls this time around.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used Boy Scout badges (I suppose I could have contacted a local Boy Scout troop and offered them the badges but they weren\u2019t new looking and I made a ruthless decision that my time was worth more than perfection this time around.)<\/li>\n<li>Miscellaneous obsolete papers.<\/li>\n<li>A broken light that attaches to a book.<\/li>\n<li>4 dead AA batteries (put in with our stash of batteries to be recycled of course)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Wait<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pair of long underwear.\u00a0 Maybe next winter will be just as cold as this one.<\/li>\n<li>A light that attaches to a book that isn\u2019t broken \u2013 I think. Once I get two fresh AA batteries, I\u2019ll see if it works. If so this should be good for reading in bed or giving away.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Wait-Keep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3097\" alt=\"Days 365+69c ADAD Wait-Keep\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Wait-Keep-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Wait-Keep-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Wait-Keep-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Wait-Keep-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Days-365+69c-ADAD-Wait-Keep.jpg 1133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Lots of stuff I left in the drawers that I don\u2019t use regularly but I might some day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Keep<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gifts until I find the appropriate person to give them to.<\/li>\n<li>Sewing machine thread, scissors, and other supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">WHAT I\u2019VE LEARNED:<br \/>\n<\/span>1. \u00a0Extreme Purging Delayed<br \/>\n<\/strong>Even though I\u2019m giving a lot of things away, I still have at least half of the contents that I\u2019m still attached to or keeping for awhile. A true minimalist would probably give everything away (except the sewing machine supplies) but I\u2019m not there yet. I\u2019ve found that sometimes I need time to be ready to let go of sentimental items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0Move It<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>I\u2019ve created a new category called \u201cMove It.\u201d These are things I found that really belong in another place of the house. Most of my Move It items were trinkets that I think might be of interest to visiting children so I moved them to my \u201cChildren\u2019s basket\u201d which I keep handy for young people to look through and select a little treasure to take home. I have a small pang of conscience, however, as I wonder if I\u2019m just contributing to another household\u2019s clutter. I justify my action by figuring I\u2019m spreading a little bit of joy to kids who enjoy a new trinket, then maybe they\u2019ll pass it on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3, Weighing the Perfect Vs \u00a0Time<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a perfect world some of my Throw-Aways (like the Boy Scout badges) could have been cleaned up and given to a scout troop to reuse. The extra zipper could be used &#8211; eventually by someone, somewhere. But sometimes I just made a decision not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The time it would take to refresh the badges, find the scout trip, and hope that some of the scouts were working on the same badges that my son did, wasn&#8217;t worth the time and uncertainty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m still in my bedroom because we have two extra dressers that serve as storage for gifts, mementos, and children\u2019s clothes that we still have visions of someday passing on to grandchildren. It\u2019s a little embarrassing to admit that I have two dressers worth of extra stuff and a bedroom big enough to hold them. 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