How to Get Rid of All Your Crap

Posted by Nora Dunn on January 25, 2008
Filed under: Sidelines, Tips

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In my journey from being a North American Entrepreneur to a Professional Hobo, I had to shed a lot of crap. The crap took the form of everything from the emotional to the physical, but for the purposes of this article I will focus on the process (which proved to be quite effective) of shedding the physical junk that clutters our lives.

This process is great not only for people wanting to make drastic changes in their lives like I did, but also for the average bear who needs to downsize the amount of stuff they have.

Divide Into Piles

The first step is to go through everything you own, and categorize. My categories of choice were:

Take With Me (or keep)

Store

Sell

Give Away

Take With Me (or Keep):

For myself because of my planned travels, this pile had to be relatively small, as it had to fit into a couple of backpacks. I read once that when faced with decisions like this, women tend to over-pack clothes, and men tend towards “gear”. For me this rang true; I used to have a coordinated outfit for every possible occasion, and my boyfriend was a real gear-hog.

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Nora Dunn is a Professional Hobo and Freelance Writer, having given up the daily grind to search the world for the greatest adventures and best stories. She can be reached through her blog, Life Happens.



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Comments

stuart
January 25th, 2008 - 8:24 pm

Hi,

The link supposedly to the full article actually goes to an article on travel insurance. Any chance of getting that corrected?

Here’s the proper link:
http://www.wisebread.com/how-t.....-your-crap


Mike
January 26th, 2008 - 8:57 am

Good catch, Stuart. The link’s been corrected.