[15 minutes] clutter control in the closet

Spent a good deal more than the cannonical 15 minutes mucking out my side of the bedroom closet, after an anguished wail from the flower_cat last night complaining about the three guitar cases, various tote bags, the 15" monitor that somebody had expressed an interest in months ago and never picked up, and the big pile of luggage.

Never mind that everything but the monitor is in my half of the closet. I hauled out two guitars and a gig bag last night, and this morning I moved the monitor out to a chair in the living room -- up for grabs, people! free to a good home -- and did triage on the tote bags.

Tote bags fall into four categories: especially large ones, those with unusual features (zippers, pockets, or waterproofing), those with sentimental value (pretty pictures, SF conventions, etc.), and junk. There were also some broken backpacks and the like in the pile of luggage. The non-broken ones will also go into the living room.

This evening I spent more time trying to identify pants and shirts that no longer fit. There are a lot of them -- evidently I thought I'd get back down to a 34" waist or a 15.5" collar some day. Those all went into a lawn-trash bag for Goodwill; I'll probably need another before I'm through.

Later tonight or tomorrow I need to finish the shirts and pants and start on the luggage.