The heart of the matter.

Wow, this is getting hard. The big, obvious things are long gone, the categories I've been drawing from are drying up, and I'm faced with the difficult task of confronting the source of my problem:  my hoarding tendencies.  I'm what you would call a "prudent opportunist."  That is, I find it hard to say no to free stuff, cheap stuff, stuff on sale, and I can find uses for many things that others would throw out.  For example, I have several empty tins of the International Cafe coffees, Altoids, plastic Folgers cans, pill bottles, etc., for the intended purpose of storing this or that, nails, screws, blah blah blah...  Until now I have never had a garage, so now I can finally use these goofy things to try to organize my new domain.

But, in discovering these hidden "treasures", I've found some other things that have perfectly logical uses; I just refuse to hang on to them anymore waiting for the opportunities to use them to present themselves.  There's a stack of clay medallions that would be fun as bathroom passes for teachers or awards if put on a nice wide ribbon (see, that's my problem; too creative!), a stack of those waterproof pouches that come with Magellan brand fishing shirts, a never-opened fish fighting belt, some old sales books, and a random sunglasses drawstring or croakers.

Several of these came out of a single junk drawer that should give me another day or two. Honestly it's pretty freeing to look at these things I've been carrying around for 8-10 years and say, "You know what, I'm never going to use you. So hasta la vista."  Lord, please continue to transform my heart to need things less and need you more.

Peace!