what to do with stuff.

for the past couple of months i've had this urge to clean out my stuff.  my room is small. unfortunately i have a ton of stuff.

i'm a person that has lots of papers and books.  stationary, too.  i don't have a lot of clothes though.  anyhow, i've been donating things to salvation army and the goodwill since college.  somehow, i still have a lot of stuff.  recently i got all my stuff back from my mom's place and all of that stuff is now donated or put away somewhere in my room.  right now, i have some books i want to get rid of.  not having a job right now, i really want to sell them and other things on ebay.  problem is how long will it take to sell, if it sells at all? don't know if i have the patience for that.  i've already donated several books to the library.  even after all the books are taken care of, i still have all that paper stuff to deal with.  i will definitely need a file box to organize my bills, bank statements and other important documents.

i would love to be clutter-free.  it would be nice to have a select few things.  there is one rule that i came up with in regards to personal items but i'm having a hard time implementing, and that is:  decide what you really can't part with, and then part with the rest. it may be too drastic for myself.  then again, it might not be a good rule.