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CONFESSIONS OF A PACK RAT
You've seen those pictures of homes with walls lined with every conceiveable manner of junk and a narrow pathway to the door.   What were these people thinking? 

I haven't reached that stage...yet.  But I am well on the way.  Even as I sit at my desk typing, my office is cluttered with photo cd's, music cd's, blank cd's, backup cd's, camera boxes, ipod boxes, papers, books, clothes, shoes...  Yes,  I am well on my way.

When we returned home from our winter in South Carolina, I left clothes stacked on a chair.  Virtually no room is left in my closet for even one tee-shirt.  My old laptop is in the case on the floor next to the mice (only the computer variety so far).  Where to put it?

I plan to close my laptop in a few minutes and start packing up some clothing and shoes to take to Goodwill.  Really.  Maybe I'll get rid of some books....it's a start.   I have to do something.

If you pray, say a prayer for me today.  I'm going in.
 
 
   
 

I have issues: A cry for help.

I want to avoid being one of those old ladies with magazine piles up to shoulder level and just a narrow path of sanity through the house. But I can NOT get rid of back issues of magazines and it's simply not sustainable!

I finally bit the bullet and got rid of all but the most recent back issues of the Nation, Z, Progressive, and several other political ones.  I regularly discard the alumni ones and the ones that go with organizations -- like Nature Conservancy and NAACP.  I gave all my Oprahs (yes, I really like her: don't laugh... or at least don't let me hear you laughing) to the local women's shelter and that was fine.  I will never let go of Cooking Light (until I get the bound versions) or the Sun, or most professional journals.  But I am having a really hard time with: Harpers, Atlantic Monthly, Utne, and a few others. And we are not talking small numbers of issues here. We are talking two travel-trunks full.  Two great big 70-lb time capsules. 

I'm having trouble letting go. Can someone give me some advice that will help change my attitude and help me get rid of these issues? Please?

 
 
 

 
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