Midlife’s A Trip

Stuff For Sale

Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Karen in Caregiving, Inspiration

This past weekend was my neighborhood-wide garage sale.  Motivated by the camaraderie and the need to clear some space in my little bungalow, I set up shop with my sister, MenoMom and my niece, the Peanut.

We put together all our collective junk, um I mean treasures. Then we labeled each with a bright pink sticker and anybody’s best guess on the value that someone would pay for what we didn’t want anymore.

Our family garage sale rule is that “what goes out of the house for sale, doesn’t come back in”. So for 2 days, MenoMom and I sat and sold.  The Peanut served very capably as a quasi-Walmart greeter as people came and went.

By day 2 of the sale, MenoMom and I were really gung-ho about getting rid of everything.  So we gave away toys to little kids who came through (this strategy was particularly tough on the Peanut who wasn’t as committed to getting rid of her stuff). And we gave away books:

Buy one thing – take some books free.

Overall we did pretty well. By 3:30 on Sunday afternoon, not much was left.  We boxed the last few things up and made it over to the Salvation Army to make a donation before they closed. My tally after the garage sale was about $100.

But as I think back, it really wasn’t about the money.  It was about being outside in the fresh air, hanging out with family, laughing with neighbors and making life a little less cluttered – a little simpler.

What can you do to simplify, simplify?

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