Decluttering

Since boyfriend moved in over a year ago, we seem to have accumulated an extraordinary amount of stuff. The vast majority of it does, actually, belong to him (as he moved from a larger space when he came to my apartment), however I'm not entirely blameless. I have some clutter that has been accumulating around the apartment too, and when added to his house worth of stuff, it makes for a crowded and unpleasant living space.

I have the next few weeks off from school, and have lots of time on my hands during the day. The first day or two, it was awesome. Now I'm bored to tears and am raging to find something to do with myself. Yes, I do go out to exercise to relieve boredom on occasion, but really, I can't just go to the gym or yoga for 8 hours a day.

I've decided to spend this time off in a fierce decluttering frenzy, and finally dealing with the little projects that I've been saying "I'll get around to it" for way too long.

My goals over the next 3 weeks:

• Selling/getting rid of old textbooks that I won't need anymore (including some from my past life as a business administration student...)
• Donating/getting rid of some clothing that doesn't fit/isn't stylish anymore (not that I have much style to begin with, so you can just imagine the stuff I'm trying to get rid of!). This includes a pair of snowboarding boots that I've been trying to sell for a couple of years, and for some reason my sister's wedding dress that has been hanging in my closet (and doesn't fit because she's 4 sizes smaller than I am!)
• Doing something with my pile of Fitness, Weight Watchers, Women's Health and Cosmo magazines. I had subscriptions to Fitness and WW for several years and have accumulated an astonishing number of magazines. I even gave some away to my coworkers for free last year, and I still have at least 3 years worth collecting dust.
• Organizing the gaming devices that we hardly ever touch. For example, we have 7 Guitar Hero/Rock Band guitars and a drum set, but I think it's been at least a full year since they were last used. I'm sure that this can be downsized a little bit.
• Doing something with the vast array of novels and other books that we have already read a hundred times through and no longer want/need. Boyfriend has a lot more of these than I do, but I think that mine are probably more give-away-able.
• We have a lot of Tupperware. Like, a lot. I have no idea how the collection of plastic tubs has grown so exponentially. I think they're mating. Most of them don't even have matching lids anymore. They need to go away, or become useful in some other way.

I would love to have a yard sale to get rid of some of the other knick-knacky things around the place, but living in a condo makes this kinda difficult and they aren't really the kind of thing that someone would search for on Craigslist. I'll need to get kind of creative to make this happen...

Updates to come on how the decluttering goes, and hopefully I'll be able to provide some suggestions and helpful hints along the way!

In the meantime, if anyone is interested in getting some stuff off my hands...