tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194455363710840684.post7366675146449964894..comments2024-03-21T11:41:45.347+03:00Comments on Frugal@Istanbul: Productive WeekendT'Polhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16207033510057896918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194455363710840684.post-76800203724800696522017-04-05T16:48:39.791+03:002017-04-05T16:48:39.791+03:00Sounds like you are on the right track! Just do a ...Sounds like you are on the right track! Just do a bit at a time and the progress will motivate you to keep going :) I used to be a terribly "cluttery" person. Now I can't stand it. LOLOne Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369132659573259613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194455363710840684.post-44594371344673273012017-04-05T16:19:01.594+03:002017-04-05T16:19:01.594+03:00About ten years ago I looked around and detested t...About ten years ago I looked around and detested the state of my books. I determined I would get rid of ten books each day by selling, giving away the ten selected books. My parameters were getting rid of all Shakespeare since I can find those anywhere and keeping anything of reference value--Rats and Lice in History. Raggedy 50-year-old paperbacks went. The over-riding rule was that all books must have a place on a bookshelf instead of on the floor, tables, boxes. I continued this for 80 days, yes, 800 books and I still have over 1000. By removing 10 per day, I was not in shock, could carry them to the car tied in a plastic bag. The purge ended when all books had their own piece of real estate on one of my seven bookcases. If I had tackled the job and had even more boxes and stacks of books, I would have stopped sooner over the mess I was creating.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com