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I had a thought last night that I wanted to wake up this morning and get rid of 75% of the ‘stuff’ that I own.  Every since I was little I’ve always had ‘stuff’.  (Blame it on my mom?)  I have storage boxes of things I never look at, shoes I’ve never worn, blankets I never use.  I have like 10 dinner plates.  When in the hell am I going to have 10 people over for dinner?

How do you start to get rid of these things?  Part of me wants to start putting things in trash bags without thinking about the consequences, but I’m the “What if I need this at some point?” kind of person.  And a lot of my stuff has memories attached to it that I don’t want to just throw away.

Please let me know if have any insight to getting to this magical place called ‘minimalism’.  I might be approaching it like ripping off a band-aid, but I think that is the only way it might work for me.

Disclaimer: There are certain items, mainly furniture, that I am under contract with my mother to never throw away.  Mom, do not worry, I won’t do anything stupid.  Also, I haven’t even put on pants today so I’m not too concerned about any of this, really.