Project Downsize
I’m trying to get rid of a life’s worth of accumulated objects. Why? I hope to make moving abroad in the future as easy as possible. Plus, it’s not worth holding on to stuff for the sake of it. Here’s my progress:
DVDs and Games
Watching all my films once before selling them to CeX. I will keep around 10 as they have particular sentimental value. I currently have 30 more to watch. I think this is a good compromise. I ripped all my Wii games, offered the discs to friends, and the ones they didn’t want, I sold.
Clothes
This one is such a drag… I probably should care a little more about picking sensible outfits, but… I can’t be bothered. At least today when I went into town I wore a pair of shoes that my mum bought me what must’ve been at least five years ago but I’ve never worn. Slow “progress” here.
Books
Playing the long game here. I know friends in Poland who are raising children and would like to be exposed to/immersed in English, so the books that I read as a kid, I’m saving for them. Otherwise, I’m finally going to start tackling the ancient authors and then deciding if I want to keep them. Big fan of Plutarch so far.
Trinkets
They all currently live in a treasure chest and I’m dreading the day I need to open it. “Deadline” is in six months, so, you guessed it… I’ll only open it in six months.
Kitchen and Bathroom
I’m happy that I have all the kitchen utensils I need, and no more. I would like to start using up some back-of-cupboard stuff that I’ve now transported during at least three house moves, but honestly, if I didn’t do it previously, am I really gonna do it now? Bathroom-wise, probably just a matter of putting products in eye-line so that I remember to use them. I have six towels and four bathmats. Could probably get rid of half of those, but honestly, they don’t occupy much room in the grand scheme of things.
Miscellaneous
Listed some old editions of the Official Nintendo Magazine, which had a print run in the UK between 2006 and 2014 (the middle of the Wii U era). I notice I’m not the only person trying to get rid. I haven’t even opened them… I probably should read a few, for old times’ sake, or even to get some kind of reminder of what games journalism used to be.