I CLEANED THE GARAGE!

I feel so accomplished, I managed clean out the garage.   Now typically my style of cleaning the garage is creatively moving junk from one side of the garage to the other while stepping on and scooting piles in between.  Now this happened over the course of 2 moves.  The one before this one we threw so much away  it was sad to think we had been paying rent on stuff we never ever used, and we managed to get one car in the garage, with piles all around it!

Since we bought this house the garage was packed with stuff, and "crap" boxes.   Almost 30 of them!  So we re-arranged shelves and created more, and went through everything.  I saved tools, china, holiday decorations, pictured that need to be hung, car stuff, and art stuff.   Everything else went.   My motto for the cleansing was "if I can't hang it, display it, or use immediately (including family heirlooms) then it went away.  Especially if it was broken, because I had tons of stuff from the last time that I said "I was going to refinish, or glue, find that long lost piece on ebay and fix it".   Those were really gone.

I figure what good is it if I can't use it.   Sitting in a box buried on shelves, never to be seen again is not doing anyone any good.  I have functional piles: stuff going to auction, stuff/heirlooms going to people who want it within this week, and trash that went to the dump.

I was sad while doing it, I'll admit that.  But now I just keep walking out to the garage marveling at it.  In fact I set up a small area for my art, and the bicycle now fit right in the center for easy access.  I have one    area where I have to organize tools and household items like screw, hangars and such.  But I am saving that for my next energy spurt.

I have learned that good days are far and few between, so when I have those good days I take advantage.  And now when I have a night where I can't sleep I just go out and paint or make a sculpture!