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.