My first music player was a typical long black boombox. Played cassettes in it over, over, and over again! It is no more. Into middle school, my siblings and I received these smaller, cool-looking boomboxes! I have used this thing from 2001 till 2021! Around 20 years! It recently stopped working so I sadly had…
YOU WERE WITH ME THE ENTIRE TIME
My favorite stuffed animal is my Darkwing Duck doll (I was a big fan as a little girl). If I was ever upset about the world growing up, I would hug him. His little body is human-like so it felt real. This drawing is a cross between the Beauty and the Beast ending and making…
MOVIES
I collected a bunch of movies (VHSs and DVDs), mostly Disney movies and delightful others. Eventually I had to go through and keep what I wanted the most, because I just had way too much! I ended up dividing them into two categories: G/PG and PG13/mature. I put the G/PG on the shelf for my…
TRINKETS
Now these were fun to collect, but they did take up a lot of shelf space! I can only organize so much! So I gathered all that didn’t have sentimental value and got rid of them. They were nice to have and I would dust them whenever I cleaned my room. But too much around…
BOOKS
Books were a little hard. I read books only once, unless they really inspired me and I will keep them to read again. So it felt weird getting rid of good books I won’t read again, because of the cost of them being gifted to me. After decluttering books over the years to now, I…
TOYS/STUFFED ANIMALS
The next thing I looked to declutter was my box of toys and stuffed animals I saved from my childhood. Do I want to save them for my children? Would they even want them? Would they destroy them? There will be newer toys by the time I have children… Eh! I got rid of them…
THINKING DIFFERENTLY
This drawing is the result of trying to “escape” the way the world has been set up. Money is the driving force of everything and I wish that wasn’t the case.
THE BEGINNING – CARDS
Minimalism was and is the coolest thing I ever learned about. I collected things over the years growing up. We never moved and we went someplace fun once or twice a year, which was fine because we were homebodies as a family! My collections DID add up, but my room was always clean and organized.…
MELODY DOLL
“The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea” was my favorite movie when I was 12 years old. Being hard-of-hearing, I felt alone in middle school. I could relate to Ariel’s daughter a lot and I imagined she was with me often. One thing I wished for was her doll. Before I even thought of…
BODY SOAP AND HAND SOAP
Body There are a ton of options with body soap! I grew up on the Sensitive Dove bar soap. I wanted to try different ones but this has always worked. It’s simple, packaged in recyclable boxes (though frustrating when I want to buy in bulk, it comes together in plastic wrapping, so I can’t win…