Over the last 4-5 years, I’ve amassed an impressive amount of junk: books, electronic gadgets and other assorted trophies of consumerism. I live in a two bedroom flat, yet I’m low on storage space.
Furthermore, I realised when I was in Argentina for two months earlier this year that all I actually needed in life fit into the carry-on backpack and checked luggage I had with me. In other words, there is a massive discrepancy between the amount of things I have and the amount of things I actually need.
For this very reason, I will start to downsize - unless essential clothes are in need of replacement, or my computer/mobile phone gives up the ghost, I’m imposing a strict embargo on any purchases that I don’t need.
But most importantly of all, over the next ten weeks I will commit to throwing, giving or selling away at least 10kg or five things that I do not need, and I will post the pictures on this blog.
I already took a start this past weekend, when I cleaned out my kitchen/living room and filled up two big garbage sacks with stuff - it was probably a good 30kg/65lbs worth of pure junk!