I was told about the 100-item challenge from a friend who knew a couple who did just this. Sold/got rid of everything and bought a streamline trailer to live.
Since I’m about to live out of a backpack for over a year, I decided that this culling would have to be done in stages.
- Get rid of all clothes that don’t fit. (why keep them? They don’t fit now. They certainly won’t fit later, and if they do- I won’t be interested in them later.)
- Start consolidating all papers/tax crap/music/DVDs etc and scanning/ripping them so they fit on a harddrive. (I consider 1 harddrive to be 1 item.) sell hard-copies of DVDs and CDs.
- Only have 5 pairs of shoes. (I consider a pair of shoes to be 1 item… because 1 shoe is kinda useless by itself). I’m not much of a shoe-girl, but I will have 1 pair of flip-flops/sandals, 1 pair of vibrams, 1 pair of sneakers.
- Sell my bed, car, computer, and other big-ticket items that I won’t need for/in a year.
- Get used to bar-conditioner (as opposed to liquid) (I have curly hair– and I’m picky about my products. I usually just use conditioner (no shampoo). This is actually pretty awesome the more you use it.
(seed)* grape seed enriched conditioning hair shampoo bar, simply unscented 3.5 oz (99 g)
The next few steps will be harder…. Get rid of all the items that give me memories.
- The sweatshirt that I got from Woodstock ’99.
- The handmade picture frame from when I got my first tattoo.
- My snoopy pajama pants that I’ve worn every xmas since I was 19. (yes, they still fit!)
- My xbox/kinect/all my games.
“No one said this would be easy… They said it would be worth it.”