Box It Up

Well, we’re in the thick of it. As I type this, we are in the middle of packing our lives. As we were beginning to consider living in another country we knew we were going to have to downsize our possessions but that is a lot easier said than done. When we got back from our trip to New Jersey we got started almost immediately.

The process involved a lot of sorting. Split all of your possessions into two piles, this is stuff I’ll definitely need, this stuff I’m definitely going to donate to Goodwill. Then, after making those piles it was time to go through the “definite need” pile and shrink that down again. Repeat until more than half of your stuff going to Goodwill.

The house is a mess of boxes everywhere. Shannon has been a trooper. She has had quite a bit more work to do than I have since she has more stuff but she’s been focused and hasn’t complained about any of it.

Also, we made a discovery. Space Bags are incredible. They take a pile of clothing, sheets, towels, or whatever you have and shrink them down to the size of about a brick. They have made us very appreciative and have given us some flexibility with our packing. They come in a variety of sizes. Without Space Bags, our 19 boxes would probably more closely resemble 193 boxes. We were even able to manage to find a little bit of fun within the burden of our jobs. That’s it for now. Our stuff is being picked up later this week to be shipped out. We’ll check in later.