Comments on: Operation Garage Sale: Parting With My Collection http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Top 4 Comments/Questions from Visitors to Our Garage Sale » Blogging Away Debt http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-112134 Top 4 Comments/Questions from Visitors to Our Garage Sale » Blogging Away Debt Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:28:44 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-112134 [...] 3.) Someone sure likes eagles! [...] [...] 3.) Someone sure likes eagles! [...]

]]> By: noma http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-109901 noma Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:51:03 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-109901 Hi Trish. We are hosting the carnival of debt reduction. Anything you'd like to submit? Love the contest. Thanks, Noma. Hi Trish. We are hosting the carnival of debt reduction. Anything you’d like to submit? Love the contest. Thanks, Noma.

]]> By: Yard Sale Tomorrow and A Few Tips To Help Make Yours Successful! | Gather Little By Little http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-109874 Yard Sale Tomorrow and A Few Tips To Help Make Yours Successful! | Gather Little By Little Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:30:11 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-109874 [...] book even prompted Tricia to sell a number of her possessions in her garage sale as well. I was going through our house last night finding anything and [...] [...] book even prompted Tricia to sell a number of her possessions in her garage sale as well. I was going through our house last night finding anything and [...]

]]> By: Sick of Debt http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-109193 Sick of Debt Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-109193 We spent the first half of the summer doing what your doing and the past 2 weeks have been liberating. It's amazing to have enough room to wrestle on the floor without worrying about breaking anything (or even see the floor). It has given us the chance to take more walks around the neighborhood, have a basement that we are not afraid to go down to a mess, and an overall burden taken off our shoulders. We spent the first half of the summer doing what your doing and the past 2 weeks have been liberating. It’s amazing to have enough room to wrestle on the floor without worrying about breaking anything (or even see the floor). It has given us the chance to take more walks around the neighborhood, have a basement that we are not afraid to go down to a mess, and an overall burden taken off our shoulders.

]]> By: SuperMOM http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-109116 SuperMOM Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:50:14 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-109116 I LOVE your advice and openness! You were blog tipped on my Momma's So Called Life site today! http://mommassocalledlife.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-1st-blogtipping-day.html I LOVE your advice and openness! You were blog tipped on my Momma’s So Called Life site today!
http://mommassocalledlife.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-1st-blogtipping-day.html

]]> By: Catherine http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-109093 Catherine Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-109093 I know exactly how you feel. I'm having a huge garage sale tomorrow, and I've been going through my stuff for a few weeks, bit by bit. The first half of it is now in my truck (we live too rurally for a good garage sale, so I'm taking everything to my more-centrally-located-sister's house), and my house already feels lighter! I couldn't convince my husband to part with his collection (M&M dispensers), but they don't take up that much space and he does love them. Plus he got most of them as gifts. Now if I can just get someone to pay me for this stuff before I take it to the Goodwill... I know exactly how you feel. I’m having a huge garage sale tomorrow, and I’ve been going through my stuff for a few weeks, bit by bit. The first half of it is now in my truck (we live too rurally for a good garage sale, so I’m taking everything to my more-centrally-located-sister’s house), and my house already feels lighter! I couldn’t convince my husband to part with his collection (M&M dispensers), but they don’t take up that much space and he does love them. Plus he got most of them as gifts.

Now if I can just get someone to pay me for this stuff before I take it to the Goodwill…

]]> By: Kris http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-108858 Kris Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:24:02 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-108858 Apartmenttherapy.com has a smallest, cutest apartment contest every year. It is definitely a place where people constantly edit their possessions to what truly makes them happy. I have started to be very careful of what I even let in my house - if I don't want to dust it, clean it, or move it, it does not belong in my house. I stopped buying clothes. I wear about 1/10 of my clothes. I have saved a lot of money. I decided instead to have parties with my friends and go to visit family because that is what I value. And the way I spend my money reflects my values. Love your blog. I am cheering you on! I always look at the right side bar to see if you have paid more on your credit card! Apartmenttherapy.com has a smallest, cutest apartment contest every year. It is definitely a place where people constantly edit their possessions to what truly makes them happy. I have started to be very careful of what I even let in my house – if I don’t want to dust it, clean it, or move it, it does not belong in my house.

I stopped buying clothes. I wear about 1/10 of my clothes. I have saved a lot of money. I decided instead to have parties with my friends and go to visit family because that is what I value. And the way I spend my money reflects my values.

Love your blog. I am cheering you on! I always look at the right side bar to see if you have paid more on your credit card!

]]> By: Kristina http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-108855 Kristina Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:39:07 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-108855 This is so wonderful! Congratulations on having such a useful insight and on being able to act on it so efficiently. I 100% agree with you, though somehow it's still too easy for me to fill my closets with crap. I prefer the "minimalist" style of decorating, yet I fight against acquiring clutter. I love your insights regarding collections. I used to collect stuff as a kid, but then it just started to confuse me for all the reasons you mentioned. And I've dealt with people dying and having to go through their possessions - all of the sudden the things we value and cling to are worth almost nothing and are virtually meaningless. And instead of clinging to objects during our lifetimes, we could instead use the money to have financial freedom or to have amazing experiences like travel. I am moving in a month. I'll use your entry to give me motivation to purge things as I pack! This is so wonderful! Congratulations on having such a useful insight and on being able to act on it so efficiently. I 100% agree with you, though somehow it’s still too easy for me to fill my closets with crap. I prefer the “minimalist” style of decorating, yet I fight against acquiring clutter. I love your insights regarding collections. I used to collect stuff as a kid, but then it just started to confuse me for all the reasons you mentioned. And I’ve dealt with people dying and having to go through their possessions – all of the sudden the things we value and cling to are worth almost nothing and are virtually meaningless. And instead of clinging to objects during our lifetimes, we could instead use the money to have financial freedom or to have amazing experiences like travel.

I am moving in a month. I’ll use your entry to give me motivation to purge things as I pack!

]]> By: Zooey http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-108852 Zooey Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:26:05 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-108852 Congratulations! You'll enjoy the post-giveaway feeling. I did the same thing last year. I donated literally half of the books I owned, realizing that I wouldn't read most of them twice (and that there's always the library, a friend, or a used bookstore if I changed my mind). I donated 31 garbage bags of clothing, shoes, and coats. I started by going through my closets and bagging up things I knew I didn't wear often. If I couldn't remember exactly what was in a specific black garbage bag or hadn't missed a particular item, the garbage bag was donated. It feels GREAT. I LOVE everything I kept and don't buy anything I don't absolutely love (which, it turns out, is most things). Congratulations! You’ll enjoy the post-giveaway feeling. I did the same thing last year. I donated literally half of the books I owned, realizing that I wouldn’t read most of them twice (and that there’s always the library, a friend, or a used bookstore if I changed my mind). I donated 31 garbage bags of clothing, shoes, and coats. I started by going through my closets and bagging up things I knew I didn’t wear often. If I couldn’t remember exactly what was in a specific black garbage bag or hadn’t missed a particular item, the garbage bag was donated. It feels GREAT. I LOVE everything I kept and don’t buy anything I don’t absolutely love (which, it turns out, is most things).

]]> By: April http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-108831 April Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:50:06 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-108831 The older I get, the more I want to simplify, streamline and declutter my possessions and my life! I also had a garage sale this past weekend. It feels very liberating to downsize. Clutter and extra stuff is really a burden. I regret all of the money I've wasted over the years on all of this stuff..sigh. The older I get, the more I want to simplify, streamline and declutter my possessions and my life! I also had a garage sale this past weekend. It feels very liberating to downsize. Clutter and extra stuff is really a burden. I regret all of the money I’ve wasted over the years on all of this stuff..sigh.

]]> By: paidtwice http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-108818 paidtwice Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:34:13 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/08/operation-garage-sale-parting-with-my-collection/#comment-108818 yay for you! what a great thing to do. I don't know if I can let go of my inner packrat quite as well but I am trying :) yay for you! what a great thing to do. I don’t know if I can let go of my inner packrat quite as well but I am trying :)

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