It's Box Day!

It’s Box Day!   

 

At least once a month, a cardboard box appears in our hallway.

This oh-so-ordinary box serves an extraordinary purpose. This box is dedicated to my happiness.  It preserves my sanity.  It makes unwanted items disappear from my home, while simultaneously helping someone else at the same time.  It’s practically magic!

Okay, so it’s my donation box, but seriously.  There are times in every persons life when the occasion calls for a good old session of “out with the old”.  I know most people would continue “and in with the new”, but as a family, we are doing our best to keep unneeded items from entering our home.  We have dedicated so much time and energy to "staging” our home for living, that bringing in new things we don't need will just slow us down and keep us from our end goal.

That’s a new focus for us, the idea that we don’t need stuff to be happy.  In fact, our journey to “less” is to give us a new found appreciation for the few special things we do have.   In the past we have found that too much stuff fuels a desire for more and more stuff.  It clutters, it distracts.  It prevents us from enjoying hobbies and pastimes that bring joy into our lives.  It pulls us away from what we consider the important thing in life: relationships.  

The box will sit in the hallway for a few days, maybe a week.  During that time, outgrown clothing, toys, some books, and who knows what else, will find its way into the box.  Over the weekend the box will make it’s way to the Morgantown ReUzit Shoppe.  I’m hoping that either it or the money it brings will make its way into the life of someone who truly needs it.  

Giving your home a good clean-out, and helping someone else at the same time?  Everybody wins! When is the last time you were able to go through your closets and storage, fill a box, and donate it to a good cause?