How many books is "too many"
I need to draw the line soon
In a bout of temporary insanity, we are moving house right before the holidays. After 22 years in one spot, it’s time for a change of scenery.
We’re in the first stages of sorting. It’s… a lot.
I’m following all the best advice (Make Three Piles) and enlisting the best help (i.e. I begged my parents to fly down.)
Despite all that, I know there’s going to be one particularly difficult and enormous hurdle…
Books.
I know you know what I’m talking about.
Like me, I’m sure you have a lot of them. And it feels a little sacrilegious to discard them.
I’ve got all the childhood classics (and some not-so-classic) from when the boys were little. Come to that, I’ve got some of my own childhood classics.
I’ve got our homeschooling books. I’ve got my mom’s classroom library after she retired from 30+ years of teaching.
Spiritual, self-help, how-to books…
Paperbacks from the pre-kid days when my husband and I devoured Jason Bourne and the like. (Plus my prolific chick-lit phase.)
A set of encyclopedias from the 50’s that I just can’t part with. I think they were purchased from an actual door-to-door salesman by my mother-in-law, like the myths of old.
And then…
I entered The Biz. This space we’re currently in together. And a whole new world of books opened up!
It’s actually kind of amusing to unearth these books and watch my own “stage of awareness” unfold with each new title.
As you can see, I’ve got quite the decision to make.
What stays, and what goes?
Have you ever had to cull your library? What was your criteria?
Last weekend I was in a “burn it all down!” mood and boxed up everything in sight for donation.
Then, I saw a video of a homeschool mom influencer and her beautiful library and she was all, “we’re saving western civilization by curating a robust library” and suddenly I, too, wanted to save western civilization. And all my books.
Back to square one. I need you to help me!!
Hit me with your best tips.
– Jill “drowning in books” Jensen
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