There is far more going on here than just quickly dumping stuff. You'll find many previous threads on the subject, and usually links at the head that go back to the previous threads. eBay, Craig's List, freecycle, they're all in there.

There is a philosophical approach to much of this, and I have frequently quoted Don Aslett, who wrote quite a few de-cluttering tomes that have been very helpful. And the trouble with freecycle is that it can be off-putting--if you read the wish lists there is a great sense of entitlement here in the U.S. in particular that is rather discouraging. There is also a great deal of waste. There is a man here in Fort Worth, TX who has written about bin diving and what he finds. It is astonishing the new and barely used things people simply throw away out of laziness. Consumption and discarding are both rampant.

I'm clearing the workspace in my office that I have used for eBay stuff and other projects. The papers that had built up here, picked up from the floor a while back, are going in mixed lots in boxes I brought home a couple of Sam's Club chickens in tonight (the boxes out of their spare box bins to stabilize the rotisserie chicken containers. Dinner and leftovers.) I'll have to attack these boxes of paper as soon as I finish the computer, and see if I can't manage to keep that work space clear once this is past.

I have to balance my computer banking (Microsoft Money), make a backup and a printout, send a couple of work emails, and then get started.

Better feed the dogs first. . .

SRS