Junk

One of the better things about being in a military family and moving around every so often is that you get a chance to get rid of useless junk that has accumulated.

When you look around and survey your belongings, you start to get this sense of dread....

"Do I really want to have to unpack that?"

"Do I really want to drag that along?"

"Why did I ever buy and keep this?"

I'm a minimalist. I don't like junk laying around and I don't like clutter. My house is very clean at all times and 95% of my belongings have a specific place they belong and I return everything to it's place at the end of the day. People always remark that I didn't have to clean my house for them. Well, I didn't do anything I don't normally do on any given day! I just prefer a clean look with everything in it's place because as strange as it may sound, clutter makes me anxious. This is coming from a girl who used to have a bedroom so messy while growing up that she would clear little walking paths just to get around! Not like on a Hoarders scale, but on a normal teenage girl scale.

I actually enjoy the opportunity to move so much because it forces me to get rid of things that I would otherwise accumulate. I just went today and bought 2 brand new bathroom sets for the new house at the new base. Mickey mouse for my daughter's bathroom and a whimsical earthy theme for my bathroom. So, I gotta get rid of all of our current bathroom stuff, which I undoubtedly would have kept for 5 more years if it were not for our move. It's in good condition....not good enough to resell, but good enough to donate to a charity or give away to someone.

I'm trying to go through the house and look in cabinets, in rubbermaid containers and in drawers and say "What do I not want to unpack at the next base?"

Clothes...I have a ton of size 14 clothes to get rid of. I'm a 12 now, though if I don't stop eating junk, I'm going to need those size 14 clothes before too long. I am stress eating like there is no tomorrow....lots of sugary stuff! I've been running 3 miles a day 5-6 days a week to help keep it at bay, but I've also gained 10 pounds since my husband got back from his deployment, so I'd like to stop stress eating and lose the weight. I tell myself every day, "Put the junk food down" but it's like crack, I swear.

I have some shoes to get rid of.

Some food to give to a food pantry.

A crapload of mismatched towels.

A whole bunch of stuff I got for free at Walgreens when i was couponing last summer just for the register rewards (the item and the RR was free, don't worry) and some stuff I'm not sure I'll use anymore.

I'm so glad that I'm anal about being clean...I have to clean up all of the kitchen appliances we're taking with us and since I regularly clean them, a final cleaning should be a breeze.

Sorry I was so all over the place with this. As you can imagine, with moving being in just 2 weeks, my mind is going a mile a minute.