It’s been an intense bunch of months for me. From late summer until now, I transitioned my mom to a new residence, cleared out our family home of 56+ years, and renovated and prepared it for sale. 

There was a lot of letting go of external and internal stuff. I discovered many “treasures” along the way. If you want to read more, visit my blog, theothersideoforganized.com, where I’ve been sharing some of these experiences.

One of the finds was my dad’s immense stamp collection. Aside from specialty sets and First Day covers, he also had hundreds of sheets of new, unused first class commemorative stamps. We distributed them to interested family members like me, and sold the rest.

At every stage, it was easier to let go when I found other uses or places for things to go. In the spirit of moving on from the past while breathing new life into the present, I used stamps from my dad’s collection to mail my quarterly Oh, So Organized "snail mail" newsletters. It felt good to give something old a new use.

As you begin this new month and New Year, what are your fresh start thoughts?