Step two to moving is having a garage sale

The sale was a success! The only items that I put in the sale were things that had no/limited sentimental value which weren't needed in the past year. When you go to another country there is no point in taking anything that requires an electrical outlet, so those all made it to the sale as well. This would include the pre-lit Xmas tree, which no one bought. It is May and the holidays are right around the corner. I don't understand why someone would not want a perfectly good tree. Everything else did sell, so all-in-all it was a good day.

Step one to moving is packing!

How did I acquire so much stuff? I am normally an organized person, but right now my place is a mess as I separate my items into four categories; 1. What will I put in storage here in the U.S., 2. What will I crate to my assigned country, 3. What will go into the three suitcases I will live out of for the next year and a half, & 4. What must be sold or given away.

It is not as hard as I thought it would be to give up my material possessions. Instead, I find it more difficult to give up other things, such as a promising career, independence, control of my schedule, comfortable lifestyle, and nearness to friends. Many will say to hold on to what is good, but I tend to believe the person who said, "Any one can move away from something that is already dead and not effective, but it takes a leader to leave something that works for something that will work better." Right now I love my life and the position I live in at the moment, but I know that there is something bigger than all I now have, waiting on the other side of this journey. So I move away from all that is dear to acquire the field where the treasure is buried.