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Five Minute Friday: Try
Writing for five unedited minutes for Five Minute Friday on the prompt, “Try.”
It’s time to tackle my messes.
A Time to Keep, A Time to Throw Away
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).