I thought that it was going to be hard. not the actually, physical part of it. I did know which books I would be donating. I knew which books I would never read, which ones I no longer have an interest in reading, and which ones I could live without. I thought that the hard would be in letting them go, in taking them to be donated and leaving them. anyone that knows me knows I am a bookworm in the worst possible way. I love books, I love reading, and the very idea of my getting rid of books is...surprising to myself. I always have believed that there is no such thing as too many books. I still believe that, but I suppose that now I believe there is no such thing as too many books that you actually do read. I realize that I don't want to have tons of books on my shelf that I do not read and which I know I will never read. which is why I love my kindle: I can store hundreds of books on my kindle which I know that I will most likely not be reading over and over again. and most of them are actually super cheap!collections of literature, like Shakespeare, Bronte family, Jane Austen, etc for $0.95 each! awesome deals! anyways, I did bag those books about a week or so ago, maybe a little longer but I did not take them to the donation center. mostly because I did not know where to donate them to, if there was a donation place in Abilene that took books and if so where it was. but this morning I just...decided to do it(and University Park's letting my know that I have to move out by the 19th instead of he 24th was a factor in that). I got some trash bags, and put the books I had bagged up in the larger bags, and added some more books as well. then I looked up goodwill Abilene, and I found a Goodwill donation Center(which is good because had I just gone to the goodwill store, that would have been awkward and time consuming), put the address on my Blackberry GPS and I was on my way! it's actually pretty close to where my storage unit is, which I find interesting. it was SO easy! I didn't even have to get out of the car! they have this black cord thing, and when a car drives over it it rings, and someone comes out from the office, and unloads your donations and you are on your way! they are even open on Sundays! it was so easy, and oddly enough, it wasn't as hard as I thought. I am actually...relieved to have given away those books that I do not read and never will, or have no interest in reading them anymore. it makes me feel a tiny bit...lighter. granted, my apartment doesn't look like I have done anything, but tomorrow I'm going to take some stuff to my storage unit, and that will hopefully make it feel like progress is being made. granted, a lot of the heavy stuff, like kitchen items, the microwave, appliances, etc. I can't put into storage into I move out on the 19th, but donating and storing things slowly will make it easier to pack for China and to move out.
donating was so easy and it really feels good to get rid of the excess. I am going to try to really...simplify. to start a simplified life style. I want to not have excess, to make sure that everything I have, I'm using: that I'm reading the books on my shelf, wearing the clothes and the shoes in my closet, using the appliances in my kitchen, using all the rooms in my apartment/house, etc. to me, this is a charm bracelet blog moment(cbbm for short!)