When giveaways take too much effort

As I get free stuff through dumpster diving, a problem slowly materialized. Stuck with stuff I don't need but still useful. So initially thoughts to give away. The giveaway details are in my earlier blog post "Declutter in progress but where to get rid of my stuff?".

Below are pictures to show the magnitude of my hoarding problem.

This is the state of my dining area

This is the state of my guest room.

This is the state of my living room

Eventually, I realized my giveaway approach has two flaws:

1. TOO MUCH EFFORT TO GIVE AWAY ITEMS

Takes too much effort giving away single or multiple items. Posting of the items on different platforms, answering queries and confirmation of the collection schedule, begins seeping away my energy. While most receivers are nice people, some are not. As too much time wasted giving away, and this time wasted I can gather more stuff for dumpster diving. As the lack of time to do what I want, I started to reject this idea of the giveaway.

2. SPEED OF GIVEAWAY NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH DUMPSTER DIVING

I also noticed that the stuff I am giving out cannot match the pace of the stuff coming in with my dumpster diving activity. As I accumulated more stuff that I don't need, I really do not like to see my house so cluttered in all my available rooms in my flat. Sometimes you cannot even see my floor tiles in that room. It became so bad that I really wanted to just throw the stuff away instead of giving it away.

I discussed my problem with Colin Lau (Giving and Taking Free Stuff Facebook group) and he suggested letting his group of Filipinos come to my place to clear my items. Initially, both of us worry about transportation costs to Lucky Plaza (freight company warehouse) as I stay at the Pioneer area (far west of Singapore) but Colin wanted to know the costs to do it. Since the Filipinos would share the cost, might be fine for them since they can get so many items from me. I obliged and the first group (Visayas group) lead by Marjorie came to my place to collect the stuff. Afterward, Colin told me the transport cost SGD$18. So it is feasible to come to my place to collect stuff after all.

This is how I got involved in the 'Filipino Project'.

Below is the picture of the Philippines with the Luzon and Visayas province that the Filipinos that I am supporting for this project.

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