Observing Observances

Day 6

1. A hat? Definetly used in my 5th grade talent show

2. Wood stain from chess set freshman year

3. wood conditioner and finish of unknown origin

4. paper cement and elmers glue (dried up) from freshman year

5. my first pair of glasses

6. A pillow that used to smell like gingerbread

7. Jazz shoes from middle school

8. tap shoes from middle school

9. Black suede heels that don’t fit

Day 5 part 2

11. The time my mom and I randomly went to sea world because we had never been

12-14. Random bags of unknown origin

15. A bag from one of those women’s rights collectives in Africa

Day 5: Going through the bag collection

1. Ikea laptop bag

2-3. Random christmas gifts

4. A random wacom bag that Amazon accidentally sent me

5-6. Random day bags

Day 4 cont.

Some fun nostalgic things I found that I will not be getting rid of, but wanted to document:

1-3. Tiny AGD clothing that my grandmother hand made for me (I also had a matching set of #2, the snowflakes)

4. The first thing I ever sewed--a pillow for myself and my dolls(?)

5. A tiny sweater that my grandmother made for me as a baby.

Day 4 cont.

11. Pink AGD PJs

12. 4 Various tiny AGD teddy bears

13. The outfit the actual AGD came in

14. A fancy winter outfit

15. The hat and shoes for the beach outfit one of the dolls was wearing

16. The outfit one of the Target off-brand AGDs came in

17. Random assortment of AGD off-brand clothing

18. Hair accessories and books for doll maintenance

19. Build-a-bear clothes sans build-a-bears

Part 1 Because Tumblr wouldn’t allow me to add more pictures??

1. Duck Pillow Pet

2. Dolphin Pillow Pet

3. American Girl Doll

4-5. Target off-brand American Girl Dolls

6. Disney off-brand American Girl Dolls

7. AGD Horse riding kit sans horse (where did it go??)

8. Sleeping bag and blanket/pillow for dolls

9. Blue satin AGD PJs

10. The clothing that came with the Disney off-brand AGD

Below are some of my thoughts on the first ritual I completed. In this ritual, I had to use calling exclusively for communicating with people.

It is not necessarily a difficult thing to do per say, but there were a few ups and downs. My biggest mistake was thinking that the ritual had started earlier than it had. So apparently it felt like forever before I was able to text again.

It made me realize how often I do text and email people though. Sometimes I like to just randomly take a picture or text someone when I think/see something that reminds me of them. I actually stopped doing it this past week because I couldn’t. It never made me feel more inclined to call them, it just made me less likely to interact with a lot of people.

Over that week I actually had phone calls with like 5 people, whereas texting I could talk with 20+ people in a week. This was the biggest change up, just the amount of communication I had.

It did also make me use social media less because I couldn’t like or share different things I saw, so I felt weird being on there and lurking or posting vague things, but then not being able to interact with other people on my posts.

I found myself making lists of things I wanted to talk with people about, and either calling them once the list was long enough or telling them the next time I saw them in person. Because if I think a random thought, I’m not going to just call someone like 20 times a day with those things. As much as I normally don’t post a ton on social media, I do actually share a good portion of my life, just with specific people.

Todays finds include:

1. 2 quart containers of chalkboard paint

2. 1 bluetooth keyboard and tablet stand

3. lap laptop stand

4. MSR fuel pump (unused)

5. 2x Sunglasses

6. Makeup brush

7. Earrings

8. MSR superfuel (opened/partially used)

9. Paint Palette

10. Puma Sneakers

Disposal will be different for some of these products.

I’m going to try and sell the CDs, MSR Fuel Pump, and bluetooth keyboard on eBay (my first time selling via eBay).

The fuel I think I can take to REI and they can help me with proper disposal.

Shoes, earrings, laptop stand, paint palette, and sunglasses will go to Matthew 25 or some other donation center.

The paint is latex so it just needs to be dried and then recycled.

Day 1+2 cont.

Both of these bookshelves used to be crammed to the max with double layers of books and books stacked on top and in any empty space. We actually can use them as some kind of storage eventually...

Get rid of at least 10 items a day (not including regular trash).

Start time: 05/23/2019 @ 1:30P

Stay at a different place every night. Try to include other places other than friends couches (ie camping or sleeping in DAAP).

Start: 05/23/2019 @ 1:30 PM