End Of Summer Yard Sale

I am thinking about having an end of summer yard sale.  I can save the money for heating in the winter.  I don't have too many items that will bring in much but I do have a lot of things that I could try to sell for cheap.  Things that get in the way and pile up.  I have been throwing things away that are broken or unusable.  This is the journey that will take a bit of doing.  I like to keep things because I don't always have the extra money to buy new things.  Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.  We have more money than we think, we just have to be responsible as to how we are spending what we have.  Good stewardship is the key.  This has proved to be bittersweet.  When things get to be too much then it's time to unload.  Other people can sort it out as to what they want.  Even a box marked "Free" can help because you are getting things out of your way and a much easier house to clean. 

So now you get the big picture.  Society is moving fast now.  Not that we need to keep up with it but that we need to keep from being caught under it.  I hope that makes sense.  I posted an article previously about this here Learn To Declutter Wisely! and I am following through.  So join me as I try to keep from being caught under the stuff.  Americans consume more of pretty much everything as opposed to the rest of the world.

Here is a graph showing American spending.  This graph shows the essential as well as the non-essential spending Americans are used to.  It dates from 1961-2009 overall.  We can get a good idea from this that we need to cut back on spending but it does keep people working also.  Someone has to run the cash register.  Remember this only goes to 2009.  I will try to get a more up-to-date graph as I continue on this journey.

Bloomberg seems to have the right idea.  Increased spending should help out our economy right?  That is what I have heard.  Hopefully it is a good sign for the economy and Americans can breathe a sigh of relief.  But if not, and Americans are spending money they don't have needlessly then maybe we need to recover some of that money.  Thus the need for yard sales and thrift stores.  Americans spend more than we should but hopefully that will help to boost the economy and lean things more in our favor again.  It's not impossible but not sure it it will happen the way we would like.

Tell me your experience if you have tried to recover money to cover expenses.  Thanks for reading and leaving a comment.