12. CDs

Alright, so a few weeks back I completed the transfer of all of my music cds into my new desktop computer, into iTunes. Now that that is done, it's time to look at all of those cds and ask the question... do I still need to keep them? If all of the music is in the computer and in my iPod nano, then do I need to keep the originals? Could I just let go of them? That is the question... Because as soon as I think about getting rid of them, there is something inside of me that goes "NO.... what if you need them!! What if the computer dies or the sound files get obsolete or..." Funny how that happens...

Logically, seriously, realistically, I do not need these hundreds of cds. I could get rid of them. I could let them go... I could... But will I? I know from past experience, that cds are very heavy and bulky to move. I don't want to keep schlepping them around with me. I would really like to just let go of them and move on without them. That would be at least 3 less boxes to move in the future. And it would free up some wall space as the cd racks could go as well.

Maybe it's time to use the Peter Walsh method here as well, except a bit more ruthlessly. So, if I have 200 cds, maybe it's time to let go of 20% of them... which would be 40 of them. Could I let go of 40 cds? Probably... I can already think of some that I don't love and that could go by the board. So, maybe that's the way, just start somewhere and start pulling them off the shelf and see how far I get.

Now, that that's done... it's time to take them to the used record/cd store and see what I can get for them. I know that I'll never get back what I paid for them. But even $1/cd is better than nothing, because right now they aren't doing anything for me other than using my space in our house!