With a big snowstorm coming in, it was a good day to digitize color slides before staging them on the floor en route to the garbage chute.
Category: Simplify
Monetizing Old Electronics
Turned our old electronics into $795 for Direct Relief. Wheeled the eBay sales down to the mail room.
Relief Boxes
Created 18 listings on eBay to get rid of stuff we don’t use. All proceeds will go to Direct Relief, a charity that improves the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.
Traveling with Less
Replaced my 35 liter backpack with a 30 liter backpack. It has plenty room for everything I need for unlimited travel, including hiking boots. I have yet to reduce my needs to 24 liters, the volume of a paper grocery bag.
Money in the Mail
Mailed leftover New Zealand currency at the main post office, downtown Minneapolis.
A Manual for New Homeowners
This week we hand off our house to new owners. In recent days I have been putting together an online manual for the buyers to make it easier for them to settle in. The display of the manual adapts to the device being used. The following five screenshots show the manual formatted for smartphones. There… Continue reading A Manual for New Homeowners
The Consequences of Being Too Paperless
A few years ago we decided we would eliminate as much paper as possible. Eliminating paper has been a satisfying but imperfect journey. Our records are available to us when we travel, we no longer have a filing cabinet. 100% of our tax records, including receipts, are electronic and meet Internal Revenue Service standards. However, along the… Continue reading The Consequences of Being Too Paperless
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Unloading
Unloaded at……Target: recycled cell phones…OfficeMax: bulk shredding…Home Depot: returned propane tank…Goodwill: donated household items.
Saving Playbills
Photographed our playbills, then recycled them.