The Secret to Getting More Space
Musings—Jan 16, 2012
I’m going to tell you something that I bet you already know. If you want more space one of the easiest ways to get it is to let something go.
Yes, of course, there are other ways to get more space. You could build an addition onto your home, you could move your office into a larger building, you could rent a storage unit or build a nice little shed. The list of other possibilities is long.
I wanted space on my built-in bookshelves in my office for the assorted books that were beginning to take over the surfaces of my office and clogging up those nice corner bookshelves my partner built for me when I re-did the walls and floor of my office. But it wasn’t just my office that was being impacted. Books were beginning to clutter up a table in the living room beside the couch and the drawers of the bedside table.
All the options to my dilemma didn’t seem to fit for me. I didn’t want additional bookshelves to be built or purchased so I opted for the best solution that fit best for me. I made the decision to ‘let go of’ some of my books.
After several hours of mulling over dozens (okay, hundreds!) of books I was able to let several dozen go. I’m taking them to a gathering of some of my friends and I’m letting my friends have what they want. The remainder will then go to the second-hand bookstore. If they don’t want them they will be donated to the library for their annual book sale fundraiser.
Short and sweet. The solution to my dilemma, and this blog article!
Do you have a short and sweet solution to getting more space and all you need to do is do it?
