Clutter Cleanup
Yesterday – Sunday the 7th of February I started the process of putting some of the items that I’ve rescued from the upstairs closet on my favorite auction site. Below you will find the links to these auctions not so you can bid on them unless you are a avid vintage micro-computer collector but so that you see I am following through on my promise to de-clutter.
BOOK: Force Heretic I – Star Wars – The New Jedi Order
(update: SOLD – I also sent the winning bidder my copy of Force Heretic II – which I just finished reading [no extra charge just glad to see it go to a good home])
BOOK: Access 2 for Dummies by Scott Palmer
(update: NOT SOLD – going to Salvation Army unless someone wants it – shipped to you [USA only] at no charge – hurry though)
BOOK: Deke McClelland’s Look & Learn Photoshop
(update: NOT SOLD – going to Salvation Army unless someone wants it or I find a local business that can use it – shipped to you [USA only] at no charge – hurry though)
BOOK: Accounting With Lotus 1-2-3 by Kaz Ochi
(update: NOT SOLD – going to Salvation Army unless someone wants it – shipped to you [USA only] at no charge – hurry though)
Today I pulled a bag of old computer power cables from the closet and it was an easy decision to not keep them as I now use a laptop as my primary computer. So the cables came to work with me today and will go to the IS department and be used as backups when needed.
Note to self: as I clean out my closet it seems as though I’m filling up the IS departments. Oh well at least it’s with items that can be put to use if need be.
I wonder if there are a few items lying around in your closet that could be donated to a small business to help them keep down costs on things like older but functional printers, computer cables, phones even how-to tech books etc.. what do you think?
Posted by Bruce Flinn Date: Monday, February 8, 2010
Categories: Life
Tags: cleanup, closet, clutter, Life
Clutter Progress and I Miss You
I miss you…
It’s been a busy past 2 weeks since my last post. I’m not gonna make excuses as to why I’ve neglected you. You are important to me and I value your readership – Thank you for that.
Clutter Progress…
Although I haven’t been posting my daily closet clutter finds I have been diligently pulling out one item a day. So far I’ve rescued a stapler, keyboard, 2 fax modems, 6 books, 4 old hard drives and a pair of gloves. The stapler came to work with me and is being used by my office mate Mike. The keyboard went to the IT department and will most likely sit in their closet until someone needs a replacement. Fax modems, they have been photographed and will be up for auction this weekend as will the 6 books of varying computer topics. The old hard drives are going through a download / copy off what I can process and then they too will be up for auction. The pair of gloves have found their way into the trunk of my car as a backup / good to have around in an emergency type item.
So things are moving along. I find this one item a day challenge easier to manage then I thought. Breaking my decisions down to just one item is less frustrating then looking at the closet as a whole and wondering how to deal with it all.
Oh and by the way todays item was a box of VHS tapes (yes I still have a VHS recorder and player). The tapes are being recycled into my weekly recording of LOST episodes – now that Jack, Kate, James, Hugo, Ben, Locke and everyone else is back on the little screen.
How is your closet looking these days? Any lighter? A little more space?
Let me know.
