The Purge Begins

Alison says:

In order for me to do this live on a boat thing, I need to decide what comes with me and what goes into storage. Yesterday I shred all my tax documents from before 2008. Yay! The rest goes into storage.  All my summer clothes are in three boxes in order of importance for collecting them out of storage once it gets hot again. Good clothes that fit now, box #1, great clothes that are too snug, box #2. Surely I'll lose weight between now and then.  Now I need to clear out my desk. Will I need stationery? a stapler? Oh, I'll need to go through the under bed boxes. Surely I won't need to bring wrapping paper, but is it worth hauling to storage? Which leads to my jewelry and make up. What if I have an audition that requires me to be fully camera ready? Definitely all the make up. And only a few bulky necklaces. No more than 5. The rest I'll purge? Maybe store.

Time for a nap.

Kurt says:

I too must purge stuff in order to make room for Alison. I went through a major purge when I first moved aboard almost a decade ago. For the most part it was not difficult as I am not attached to stuff, it is just stuff. I was, however, very attached to my library. I had collected almost 2500 titles on all subjects that were of interest to me --  philosophy, literature, science, nature. I had to give them all away. That was hard. I now have a kindle which takes up much less space and will, no doubt, eventually be as comprehensive as my old book library was.

My purge now will be simple. Mostly there is stuff that is associated with the boat itself that must be removed.