My apologies for being MIA for a few days from the blog. I packed up my entire apartment and moved and the process of cleaning/unpacking/organizing has taken too long.

During this process, I realized that I need to live with less. I was packing away things I had never used in the entirety of the two years I’d been at my apartment. When everything had been unloaded, this is what the living room looked like: (it’s horrifying)

I. know. It was ridiculous. I got into my apartment, stared at the mess, and cried for ten minutes because I hate messiness. So, I set my mind on taking on a minimalist mindset and purging everything that was unnecessary.

There were and still are many steps to the purging process and I wanted to walk you guys through what I’m doing. I realized my clothes and my books would be the easiest place to start. I’ll take you through the steps of what I did with my books and managed to make $50 from the process!

Decluttering Books

1. I separated my books into “keep” and “lose” piles. 

2. I inputted ISBN #s into Excel then searched 3 sources

3. Grouped books that would sell and packed them up to ship off!