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It's All Gone........ 
I made a decision about a year ago to try to become a minimalist. I believe I have finally championed my goal. A couple months ago I had a epiphany ....I thought I don't need all of this stuff that I had and since I have committed the next 7 years to walking ....If I couldn't fit it on my back then I didn't need it anymore. So a couple of weekends ago I had an "everything I own" sale. It was my in my head that I would sell everything..I mean everything with exception of a few boxes of memories and my car (I still need to get to work) So I went for it.
It was over Labor day weekend. I had been packing everything and friends were helping me price things a few days previous to the weekend. I had no clue what I was doing, I have never done a garage sale before nor have many of the friends that were helping me. But after three days of sorting and pricing my life possessions I finally had a room full of in essence my life. There is all was:
- Bed
- Dresser
- Fridges
- Library
- Clothes
- TV
- Surround Sound
- Kickboxing gym
- Jewelry
- Appliances
- Everything
I was ready.
I needed a place to have my sale so I had asked one of my friends (Gail K.) if I could have it at her house for it was a great location. I had everything in place:
- Posted ad in paper....Check
- Priced and sorted everything......Check
- Made signs for Community.....Check
- Tracked down Truck and Trailer....Check
- Help in moving......Check
- Get Change.....Check
I had asked people who have done this thing before and asked what they think I would make....They thought I would make about $600... My goal far exceeded that number. I knew that I needed more for my sale than what I had so I had asked people to donate anything that they didn't want anymore. I had a few people who helped. (Thank you if you were one of those)
The sale was going to be 3 days long and it was my goal to go home with absolutely nothing. The three days were crazy.... The first day was the most insane ...from 7:30 until 4:45 I only had a 10 minute break from people. There had to be an average of 3 people always there all day.. I was making deals left and right.. It all went so fast.... I felt like a used car salesman. Everyone was trying to offer me less than I wanted... I had anticipated that so I asked more up front in order to get want I wanted in the first place. It worked out in the end... Everyone walked away with a deal! The second day the sale felt like a ghost town compared to day one. I have come to the conclusion that there are a group of seasoned veteran garage salers that come on the first day and then again on the last day 1 hour before the sale ends to get the stuff for dirt cheap.
It was still in the back of my head to get rid of everything the last day so I was telling people to come back on Monday and I would basically give it away. On the Last day I sold my whole library for $125 dollars (That is about 9 boxes of books) I also sold the rest of the clothes for $4 dollars (that was about nine boxes of clothes)... they barely all fit into the back of their SUV. 
Then with about a hour left I took what was remaining and took a sign and wrote...everything $10. TO my surprise I found a couple of ladies that took the rest for $10. The only thing that they didn't want was the Christmas tree that is still in the back of my car. Anyone want a Christmas tree? Free delivery!
And there we have it...I am sleeping on my Thermarest mattress now, No radio, no TV. I am writing this right now on a borrowed computer and I can literally fit everything I own in the back of my Honda Civic Hatchback! You might think I am crazy.. But here is the way I see it. If I have to sell everything that I own in order for others to live then it is worth the price of admission.
And no...I am not going let this end without telling you how much I made from the sale. I made $2,400 total. This allows me to pay off remainder of my school loans so that I may start in March and start raising support for Bloodwatermission.com! Thanks for following.
No Sacrifice No Victory, Daren Wendell
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