After almost 2 weeks of decluttering, I am down to only 177 things – including 71 books – and I am a happy camper.
Excluding the books, there is only 106 things in my possession.
There are a few lessons I learned from this second round of decluttering.
First, I spend most of my money on books. Books are good. But too many of good things can be bad as well. The last four books I bought, I bought without finishing the earlier book that I had bought. I have impulse spending when it comes to books.
Second, I attach a lot emotions to some of my possessions. College and university books which I never gonna use again were still in my possession. Donating these away was a tough decision but I have to adhere to my own rules of only keeping stuff I am using now.
Third, having fewer possession enables me to know exactly where my stuff is when I need it. In the future I won’t be buying another book on language when another book in my collection already serves that purpose.
So here is the list of my stuffs:
| 1 | Bedsheets |
| 1 | Bedside lamp |
| 1 | Bicycle |
| 1 | Black backpack |
| 1 | Black pants |
| 2 | Blankets |
| 71 | Books |
| 1 | Box of insurance policy |
| 1 | Box of memorabilia |
| 1 | Box of Toastmaster’s documents |
| 2 | Belts |
| 1 | Bunch of keys |
| 1 | Comforter |
| 1 | Fedora hat |
| 1 | File of important document |
| 5 | Footwears |
| 1 | Handphone |
| 1 | Handynotebook |
| 1 | HD Media Centre |
| 1 | Helmet |
| 1 | Jacket |
| 4 | Jeans |
| 1 | Kapi (training weapon) |
| 1 | Khakis |
| 2 | Long sleeve shirts |
| 1 | Motorcycle |
| 1 | Neck tie |
| 1 | Netbook |
| 4 | Old magazine |
| 12 | Pair of socks |
| 1 | Pendrive |
| 1 | Pillow |
| 3 | Pillow sheets |
| 11 | Printed ebooks |
| 10 | Round neck t-shirt |
| 1 | Sarong |
| 1 | Singlet |
| 1 | Sleeping bag |
| 1 | Sports pants |
| 1 | Starbucks planner |
| 8 | Toiletries items – 8 |
| 2 | Towels |
| 3 | T-shirt with collar |
| 8 | Underwears |
| 1 | Vest |
Total: 177 items (106 minus the books)
I look forward to eliminating the 11 printed ebooks when I have the softcopy again 😛
And I will do another round of decluttering 6 months from now. By that time, I hope I can really have 100 items and I can really unattach myself from the books that I have.
By that time as well, the public library is going to be my biggest book shelf.
hi
i really really want to minimun my belong….
i am lost , dont know how to do……..
can you give me some courage and support ?
many thank
i remember , ur photo is publish in china press newspaper
i still look for the picture ,want to show to my friend ,
is real , and how to make it…..
suggest : can you find the picture or keep with you , do you mind put in your blog to share with us…or mail me and thank
You can always come to this blog for encouragement and support Andy.
The photo is real and the way I make it is by having real journalist interviewing me and publishes the story in a real newspaper 🙂
Check out the media appearance