#65 - Donate 10 things I don't need. (30/101)

I am a fan of spring cleaning - there is something soothing about dusting, vacuuming, sorting through clothes that I have not worn in a long time, throwing away useless papers, etc. It isn't spring yet but it definitely felt like spring this weekend (70 and sunny in Atlanta) so I decided to clean out my apartment and go through my clothes to donate those that do not fit or that I do not wear for whatever reason. As I started to go through my clothes, I sorted them into piles of keep, donate, throw away and "try on then decide". If I hadn't worn an item in the last year, it either went in the "try on then decide" or donate pile. I ended up having a bunch of items to try on and as I went through them quickly realized I had way more than 10 articles to donate.

I made sure to throw away the few items I knew that Goodwill would toss but donated all those that I could. In the end, I ended up having 59 articles to donate to Goodwill's Donation Center! It felt great to drop these items off at the donation center because:

1. it felt nice to tidy up my closet and create space for other things; and 
2. I was happy that I could donate clothes to others that might need them during this winter and spring. 

I realized it had been way too long since I last cleaned out my closet so I hope to make this cleansing action a more regular part of my routine. While it is nice to have material items, it is also nice to purge every once in awhile to cleanse and give to others. There is also something a bit freeing about ridding myself of material items. I love being able to live of life where I can give in multiple ways - through money, time, material items and more. I hope to continue to give and cleanse multiple times a year - here's to a healthy start to 2016!