The move from the Charlotte apartment to the house was difficult because Allison and I still had our separate sets of stuff. The house didn't exactly help fix the consolidation issue. Tons of space meant there were still more chairs and random boxes of stuff than necessary.
The move from Charlotte to Seattle was a bit difficult just due to the distance, but it at least led to a serious downsizing of all duplicate or not used stuff.
The current move - well, I still think I have too much stuff, but all non furniture things should fit in a minivan on Saturday for the 4 block trip to the new place. I'd like to consolidate a bit further, and probably will in the upcoming months. I really should just end the whole old computer thing. I'm the cat lady of old computers/computer parts. They multiply regularly. And even though I can make old technology work, that doesn't mean it's actually worth anything. I could clear out a big box and two complete old computers and still only make $20.
The cheapskate part of me thinks it would be wasteful to throw out/giveaway anything with remaining value, but if the value is so small and it's just taking up space... why save it. Or, if the distance between frugality and a bit more efficient life is less than $100... might as well just go for it.
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