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Letting go of possessions before planning to downsize
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@nycmusic Yes, indeed. I had actually started years ago, getting rid of many, many books.
They're not worth anything monetarily -- hard to believe that nobody wants physical books anymore!
Giving them away, knowing they'd be pulped, felt like putting pets to sleep.
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I called several daycare organizations to determine their interest in donated children’s books. One woman said, “Sure - we’d love some. The kids love to color and write in them.” My town library throws away donated books that didn’t sell. Good gravy. Holding a book in hand opened so many “new worlds” for us. We are all avid readers, so I too can’t imagine a book’s destruction.
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And I'm still purchasing mostly used books nowadays. I love to read and the books on my shelf are either ones I've loved reading and imagine reading again or ones I'm looking forward to reading (which may not happen). I'm just coming to realize that many may never be read, by me, or by anyone.