welcome!

welcome to spartanizing or in other words, my attempt to rid myself of the extraneous stuff I've gathered all these years as a packrat and achieve some simplicity. A little about me: I'm 36, live in the Midwest (or the Heartland as I like to call it), I'm a database programmer/analyst full-time and student part-time studying statistics and soon, biostatistics. How I got in the packrat state I'm in? Well, it's a combination of growing up middle-class poor and therefore not wanting to get rid of anything I had, along with poor organization skills, dealing with chronic illness (chron's colitis and anxiety), and me giving other things in life priority over the clutter.

Ok, now you know way too much about the contestant, so let's get this game started! What are the rules, Don Pardo? Well, this blog works like this. I'll post about something that's leaving my life (via donation, craig's list, ebay, the garbage man etc.) weekly - or hopefully more often, once the ball is rolling. Pics and stories about the item (entertaining ones, if I succeed) will be included. I'm hoping this will give me incentive to continue the "spartanizing process" and possibly help others simplify as well.

So stay tuned!