Still trying to balance my desire to purge with the desire to get some value out of the some of the stuff we have accumulated and just aren’t using. I learned a lesson yesterday….I posted an ad on Craigslist to sell 2 medicine balls (out of 4 that we have). I listed them early in January. I got the first hit just yesterday and someone offered $40 and was ready with an exclamation point to pick them up. This was after one back- and-forth email exchange indicating that they were still available. [FYI, when the word “balls” is in the listing title, you’re opening a can of spam worms. In which case, I use an alternate-hopefully anonymous gmail account in order to minimize spam and grossness.]The person was so enthusiastic about his/her desire to pick them up immediately that I figured they really wanted them. I countered with $50 even though I would have been perfectly happy with $40. Forty dollars is a good bit of cash for something that is truly cluttering up the basement. I’ll humble myself and reply again that I’ll still take the $40. Likely the person will guess that I’ll take even less and I’ll sell them for $35.***

This is partly about reaching my goal and partly about minimizing clutter which is a constant pursuit. I’ll let you know how things turn out.

***[Edited to add: I emailed the woman back to say that I’d accept her offer. I truly expected a big virtual middle finger or a lower offer but she happily responded that she’d take them.]