Freecycle

Soon I will be saying goodbye to the apartment that has housed me for the last two years. Which is the longest I've lived at one address in my entire adult life. I wonder if I will miss this place with the pool of sunshine, the sweet breeze, and the painfully long commute at night.

But it also means that I haven't had the annual move as an excuse to pair down my belongings for awhile. Most of my furnishings have mobility in mind (folding bookcases, buttons, desk) but still I seem to be hoarding a small nation in clothing, books, and general household clutter.

This is one of the instances where the internet amazes me. I have started giving away all of the stuff I've moved several times without using to the Freecycle community. Within an hour of listing something I wish to be purged of (be it tables, bags, rugs, ghetto blasters, or whatever) it will be gone from my apartment, to be loved by a new owner. Thus curbing some consumeristic guilt and reducing my personal landfill addition, hooray!