Time for it to all go – Minimalism

For a little while now, I have been thinking about becoming minimalists—not the super extreme reduce life down to 100 things minimalism—but the reduce things down to just what I am truly attached to kind of minimalism.

I’ve never been overly sentimental when it comes to material items. Sure, I have a handful of things I would not really want to get rid of: some of the art I created; my collection of books; the art I’ve bought and hung on the wall; my long bow, daggers, and swords, … but aside from the books, the number of items I really want is rather small (and a fair bit smaller than what is actually floating around the house).

I think I have a pretty good shot at getting rid of a lot those items I don’t need. When Sherri asks me what I want for my birthday or anniversary, I normally don’t have an answer. Partially, that is because if I really wanted or needed something, I would already have bought it. However, it is also because I really don’t have all that much that I want to acquire. What I would prefer to do is travel and explore.

The last few years, I have started tossing out more and more of it what I have.  I cannot say that I have truly purged—Sherri is the anti-hoarder, I am just indifferent to most of the things.

However, in order to do more traveling and exploring, we really need to reduce what we have. I think I am now ready to start working my way through the things I’ve mostly ignored over the years and start to really get rid of things.  This effort should be an adventure in and of itself.  I’m not sure how interested everyone will be in my undertaking, but from time to time, I’ll put up a blog post about what I’ve done and what my frame of mind is.

Here’s to emptying the basket!