I'm back with a new question after successfully moving from my expensive AT&T phone bill to Airvoice Wireless for $10 per month (for a savings of approx. $65 per month).
I've been working on cleaning up my life, by focusing on cleaning up our stuff. I've removed 6 small u-haul boxes worth of books (a couple hundred, I think) from our apartment so far. I checked most of the books to see if they had resale value before selling them off, but most were listed for prices less than $3, so I donated them.
I'm curious, for people who have sold things to pay debt, how exactly did you make the decision to sell a particular item?
Most things are kind of easy to decide to sell, but others not so much. Here's an example of one of my current struggles.
I'm an artist, but don't make money from my work (yet, but hopefully someday). I'm working on becoming a better illustrator and I have a tablet I use to draw digitally. It's an expensive tablet and it's paid for. I have another tablet I use for budgeting, writing, communicating and general surfing while I'm in the house, which I use instead of a laptop (which I just sold). It's not possible to work on my artwork on this second tablet, so each tablet has a use case. I've tried using my art tablet for everything, but it's not going to fly because it's significantly larger and unwieldy if you aren't sitting down when using it.
One of the biggest benefits of having the art tablet is I don't have to waste time cleaning up my charcoal pencils and my hands (I have "soon to be" 3 young kids) who might need me at any time. Having the tablet allows me to put down my work and tend to them quickly if needed. And it's frequently needed. I do most of my work in the early morning, during naptimes, and then after bed.
I'm trying to decide if I should sell my expensive art tablet and use the funds to pay down debt. The art tablet is a convenience and a want, but not a need. It is useful in building my art side hustle quicker, but I'm having a hard time finding the Mustacian balance between needs and wants. Of course, it's much cheaper to just use charcoal, paint, paper and canvas, but those things come with their negative impacts on our life (storage of completed works, time spent cleaning, smell of paints, etc).
What do you mustacians think? Need more info? Have a simple solution?