I am super excited to be moving into the City of Chicago on April 1st. While I have grown up in the suburbs of Chicago, I have never had the opportunity to actually live in the city. This is because I previously lived in Bloomington, Indiana, and Washington DC.
So with that excitement comes a lot of change and a lot of opportunities.
Since this blog is about living with less, I am going to take this chance to make some real decisions on how to live minimally and how to make a move less wasteful .
Ironically, I have a ton of stuff. It just accumulates over time. When I moved out to DC, I had only what could fit in the car. When I moved back to IL over a year and a half later, I had an entire van stuffed to the brim! Most of my stuff is not new either. I have countless pieces of furniture that I have “collected” over the years from friends, relatives, and craigslist.
I am not the only with this problem. There are plenty of other WordPress bloggers out there purging their closets too:
- https://minkajoy.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/closet-purge-update/
- https://chaewjeong.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/closet-purge/
- http://indigo-jones.com/2015/05/15/coming-out-of-the-closet/
And you will find tons of posts and resources about it elsewhere:
- http://theeverygirl.com/7-questions-to-ask-when-cleaning-out-your-closet
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/7-ways-to-edit-your-closet_n_1881632.html
- http://recoveringshopaholic.com/the-keep-or-purge-question/
Not only do I have too much stuff, this move comes with a combination of all my stuff, plus all my boyfriend’s stuff. We have both lived alone before, so we have almost double of everything. He is doing is own closet purge as well.
As we get closer to moving day, I will have to start going through my things and paring down what can fit in our 1 bedroom, 750 square foot apartment. It will definitely be an adjustment, but I am excited to do it! Do you have any suggestions for downsizing?