CLFOGE- or Crystal Lake Friends of Gifted Education has an annual book sale. The amount of books they collect and then resell is overwhelming but when I saw our old books could go to a good home and support a program our children use, I was all for it. Convincing Brent was another story.
I had binged Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and reread her book so I knew my first move was to pull out all the books and put them in huge piles:
Marie Kondo is right- it's not until you see the pile that you can confront what you have amassed over the years.
I gave Brent a quick rundown of her advice- do the words of the title mean something to you? Will you read this book again or is it just something you've been holding on to because it once meant something or it cost money?
At the end of the day, we were able to fill that laundry basket you see in the back for donation. Brent actually shocked me with how much he was willing to part with- he's usually a very sentimental guy. We were left with a nice, tidy pile that we artfully rearranged in the newly dusted shelves of the office.
And it felt SO good! I love clearing out stuff.
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