Boxes

I'm a bit of a hoarder.

And if you think I'm bad, my wife is at least twice as worse.

That being said - without going into too much detail (that's for another day and another post) - I've been making efforts to whittle down my amassed storage of belongings; much of which consists of my lifetime of paperwork, artwork/doodles, books, magazines, 'collectibles', and other various clutter. I have had things in boxes for many a year, and have never really gone through them completely due to space restrictions and living arrangements.

Ever since I joined the Navy - almost directly out of high school - a majority of my belongings and 'gatherings' have been packed away, stored, and eventually ported around with me throughout my years. I have moved more times than I would have liked, never really having a place of my own; that is until just over 5 years ago, when we (my wife and I) purchased our first home. Ever since then we have been putting off the monumental task of sorting through our combined possessions.

Areas within our home resemble something like a storage facility. Or a quickly thrown together rummage sale. It looks we are either packing to move, or have just moved in and haven't completely finish unpacking yet - either way, we're living in a constant state of flux. We have too many things - be they in boxes, bags, or just loose - stacked, piled, and propped up to really be very comfortable to live in or feel settled.

As mentioned above, we have far too long had a bit of the hoarder mentality.
It needs to change.