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Date: 29 August 2013. Getting Started.

© janice142
 

Anyone seriously considering this life must realize that it can be yours, IF you are willing to focus totally on making it happen. That means, specifically, downsizing, getting rid of clutter, and simplifying your life. Sure, it is easy for me to say get rid of it all and trust me when I acknowledge how difficult that can be. It was for me too.


What was hardest was parting with things I had paid perfectly good money for and were valuable to me. Those same items would not sell for a pittance on Craigslist. Everything had to go. When you live aboard a 23' long boat there's not a lot of room for the extraneous.


I wanted life aboard a boat more than the clutter of a lifetime. Seaweed is my my home, my shelter, my destiny and my chariot to adventure.

 

This life can be yours. After all, I am a soloist, over 50, female, and fabulous. Okay, that last part is an exaggeration. I am having the time of my life however. You can follow in my wake. Life aboard a boat is achievable, even for one with modest means. If I can do it, so too can you!
 


A pelican visits, sitting on my bow rail surveying his/my domain.
 

So, your assignment, should you dare to accept it, is to go thru one shelf each day. Either pitch the junk, sell or donate it. Make it gone but save out the items that will be useful aboard your new home afloat. Note: the size of the shelf is immaterial and if you cannot finish in one evening I am thinking you have an incredibly long shelf or  wayyyy too much stuff. :)
 

I'd love to hear of your progress too.
Did you find anything you'd forgotten you owned? And what is the one thing that stood out as a "what on earth was I thinking?" item?
 

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