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Writing for five unedited minutes for Five Minute Friday on the prompt, “Try.”
It’s time to tackle my messes.
Today’s post is based on chapter 11 of my book, Newness of Life.
I am a keeper. Not one to throw away. I’m so sentimental, it’s hard to let things go.
Yet “there is a time to throw away,” and last year I learned how to make it fun and family-oriented.
Each spring and autumn for the past 10 years, I have sold my children’s clothing at a large consignment sale. I can’t host a yard sale at my home’s remote location, so I haul everything to town and make several hundred dollars from one weekend of effort.
My in-laws live along a route known as the “100-Mile Yard Sale.” Last year, my mother-in-law urged me to sell my stuff at her house to increase my profits (the consignment sale retains 30% or more).