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?Question? box your stuff.

January 14, 2013by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Once a pack-rat always a pack-rat?  Could this be my fate? I am disgusted with all the crap in my new fixer-upper. Even after all this time of moaning and […]

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accomplishment, change, choice, clutter, fear, life
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Free from the grip

July 18, 2012by unpacktherat 2 Comments

This is basically how I feel and what I believe in a nut shell. Please watch and actually take a moment to see how materialism has shaped your life.  I […]

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accomplishment, change, choice, consumerism, economy, freedom, growth, habits, money, society, soul, Uncategorized

Time has come

April 18, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

There is no more time for delaying the final sort.  ( just bought a house and we are closing soon) We measured the rooms and basically most everything will not  […]

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accomplishment, clutter, easy, memories, storage, to-do
The day I got my storage unit

Sale time, yet again

April 10, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I am getting pretty good at organizing garage/house sales, and brother do I kill it with the signs. I use Craig’s list and signs on major intersections.  That’s it.  I […]

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accomplishment, choice, clutter, consumerism, donate, goals, memories, moving on, plans, sale, storage, waste
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Kill the Judge Within

April 4, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

How many of you out there feel like this: You read all the cool stuff about how to be happy , centered, nurtured, live in the moment, live in love […]

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accomplishment, emotional, exercise, growth, learn, mental, spirit

lawyers, liars and cold cash

March 23, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Okay so have you ever met with situation where someone screws you out of money and you think to yourself, “I’ll sue them.” But after you settle down reality kicks […]

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accomplishment, easy, goals, growth, learn, society

KONY 2012

March 8, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I would like to ask my readers to watch this film, and then share it with everyone.  There are few things in this world that are truly important.  This is […]

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accomplishment, change, choice, donate, goals, society, soul, spirit

Why do we Hang on?

January 10, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

So this is my question today and I do not have the answer. Why do we hang on to things?  What is it in our minds that puts value on […]

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accomplishment, choice, clutter, consumerism, emotional, hard

She did it, Can I?

December 1, 2011by unpacktherat 2 Comments

I stumbled on this blog yesterday, and I can not stop thinking about it. Primarily I read about the woman herself. I wanted to know and learned what made her […]

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accomplishment, change, goals, moving on
Tree at the end of my street -fall color- nature's incredible design.

Unpack the Rat’s costume: a novelist

October 31, 2011by unpacktherat 1 Comment

I have fallen behind in my de-cluttering of useless stuff, the junk in the garage, etc…. and now I am about to write a novel.  I still have no clue […]

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accomplishment, challenging, change, clutter, growth, habits, life

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"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves." ~ Mohandas Gandhi

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Recent posts

  • Mexican Squirt, listen and stop
  • didn’t make it pass day 3
  • It (?)
  • Day 3
  • against the odds- 40 day attempt
  • Frightening
  • Clutter wasn’t holding me back.
  • I repeat.
  • I get it.
  • “atta girl”
  • ?Question? box your stuff.
  • Thirteen days of 2013
  • I held hands with Stevie Wonder just when I needed to.
  • Not buying into it
  • To Do, Doing, Done
  • I voted early
  • Out of the snail box
  • Assholes clutter a good life
  • learn from the sunflower
  • Free from the grip
  • mindtrash fall-out
  • Better today
  • I let myself down
  • I bought plastic
  • Just like starting over
  • Time has come
  • Help them now.
  • I have never
  • Waiting
  • Sale time, yet again

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