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I'm Back! And Day One of the 1000 Item Challenge

Sorry for the disappearance - shortly after starting this blog I unexpectedly lost my job (literally the day after my last post). Anyway, I'm back with a really tough (in a totally awesome way, of course) challenge I found on Youtube - Getting rid of 1,000 things. Yikes!

So, here's the video I saw:



I admittedly didn't love the actual video (a quick search shows there are others on the 1,000 item challenge) , but the challenge fascinated me. It's hard to imagine I even OWN 1,000 things, especially after clearing out literally BAGS of stuff (especially clothes and books), but I know I can do it.

So, here's Day One:




We've got:

5 cleaning cloths,
1 eyeglass case
1 box of expired laxative (veggies FTW!)
1 ancient bottle of sunscreen
1 pair of socks that just developed a hole (sad because I freaking LOVE my fuzzy socks)
Participant trophy from a race we ended up placing in and getting one of the huge awards for (which I'm keeping).
1 glass I don't particularly like (race freebie)
3 shirts
2 dresses
1 skirt
2 pairs of pants
1 hankerchef
1 audiobook
Old prescription printout
1 nail polish

Day One Total: 23 items. 

 Holy crap,  977 to go?



Gonna have to step up my game!
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  1. MichelleApril 22, 2017 at 2:12 PM

    Impressive, I like the approach and I am sure I could get rid of 1000 thing.. I have a storage unit downstairs and I stuffed unit... heck I have over 500 DVDs if I could bring myseld to get rid of a bunch of those I could be on my way. and I know to get more out of life, I have to give away all the stuff weighing me down. I will enjoy following your progess

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    1. Veronica B.April 22, 2017 at 2:20 PM

      Thanks! And I've already KonMari'ed my clothes, books, and papers TWICE in the past year so it's going to be super-hard, but I know I can do it!

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