Donating

One of my personal goals this year for the I Ho Chuan is to eliminate of all my excess credit card debt and be rid of any cards I don't need anymore. This was the plan for last year, but we all know how that story ended up. To facilitate my plan this year, I decided to rent my house out to my brother and his friends to pay the bulk of the expenses. Whatever money I would have been paying to my mortgage and bills now goes to paying off my debt. 

One of the most difficult parts of this was the need to pack up my stuff and store it. I had to find a way to minimize the space required to store all of my belongings. The solution was to simply free myself of anything I haven't used or even looked at in a year or see any practical use for in the future. I was trying to find a way to do so without just throwing everything in the garbage. Selling everything would have taken too long for the timeline we had and quite frankly, some of my stuff probably wouldn't be worth much to sell anyway. 

We did some research and found that there was a donation centre in Spruce Grove attached to the Value Village. This was the perfect solution! Not only did I loosen the load of junk in my house, it didn't go to waste AND someone else will be able to use it instead of buying something new. It felt great to do my part in helping those who are not able to afford brand new things, do my part in helping conserve the environment and not have as many possessions weighing me down. 

I like the concept of donating, some may not agree with me and think that I should have sold my things to go towards my debt. However that's alright with me, I am quite satisfied with my choice.

Take care everyone.