That is an interesting question. How do you get rid of stuff the 'easy' way? You guys did it the 'hard' way. Garage sales are very hard to organize and set and then sit there waiting for people...I suppose donating to charity is the best thing. We have a good feeling that things can be useful to other people when they have stopped being useful to us.

I suppose that when we downsize we are led to cleaning which of course is the best! I need incentives like that!

I agree that having a garage sale is the hard way, but in my case, I want the $$$

I also feel as if it helps keep the stuff out of the waste stream, most of what I am trying to get rid of has value to someone even if I can't imagine what it is! I price everything very reasonably and will haggle over price before I let the buyer walk away, cause the whole object of the game IS to sell it!

I bought all my furniture, dishes and most of the essentials for my first place from yard sales and thrift shops. I still have some of it!

The cleaning after IS the very best part! I love walking around in the ROOMY space after I have cleared out a bunch of junk, washed floors and windows and walls, repainted and hung curtains, and fitted it with select pieces of furniture and accessories! It's like a new place! I protect it afterwards, making sure it doesn't get junked up again and that it is kept clean so I can enjoy it!

i am the world worst packrat ... no ... strike that ... my mother is the worlds worse packrat and i learned from the best lol ... now i am sick of looking at junk everywhere .... so i am cleaning and throwing a little at a time ... a box here, a pile there and before i know it a room will be done and then i can move to the next one ... the garage is going to be a challenge ,,, doing that this spring ... i think i am going to get one of them dumpsters to use ... no kidding here ... the garage is 2 car plus extra and it is packed full of junk ... not a car one is in there ... a large boat is and its full of junk too ... some of it is still good ... yard sale ... some of it i will keep ... most of it is beyond using ... water damage and or damaged from the cats that have decided to live in our garage ...

I have way too many shoes... like two closets full of shoes.... I love them though, so I'm not going to pretend that I can sell them/give them away.

Anyone else love <3 shoes?