Now We're REALLY Purging

Forget what I said before about purging. I thought we were doing it then. But, truth is, we're really doing it now.

Painters are coming soon. And, one of the areas they'll work on is our office. That room is dominated by a enormous desk. (Actually, it's more like a big, heavy "workstation".) And, it needs to move away from the walls. (Oh joy!) So, my task today was to clear stuff out of the office so I could take a picture of the workstation (which I'll use for Craig's List) then we could figure out how to take the thing apart and move it.

No problem, I thought. After all, I've been purging for months. This job is about done. How long could it take? Hours later, it's still not done. I'll wrap it up tomorrow.

We have definitely reached a new level of purging. With the reality of fulltiming in front of us, this is serious. After all, our POD will be the size of a small walk in closet. And, after spending four fun days in the coach we are freshly reminded of how little space is really available to us there. We've reached the point where the process is pretty simple: This stuff must go.

I lined plastic tubs on one wall with labels: RV, Store, Sell, Charity. I had a big bag for recycling and another for garbage. And, the shredder was at the ready. I felt like I was on one of those organization shows on TV!

I know I've mentioned before that we're amazed at how easily we're parting with stuff that once had meaning. Well, today, I parted with a bunch of stuff that survived the first cut. But, not the second.

Maybe that's the way purging works. It's one of those things that needs to be done in levels. When you think you're done, you go back and do it again.

I think we still have a lot to do!