| Are there activities you'd love to get | | | | store the equipment and supplies to perform |
| involved in, but hesitate to do so? Maybe the | | | | the maintenance on-site.A great solution for |
| activities are equipment-heavy, and your | | | | eBay sellersMaybe your idea of a great time |
| first thought is: Where am I going to put all | | | | isn't to go sculling on the Charles or skiing |
| the stuff?Self-storage may be the perfect | | | | in the White Mountains; maybe you get your |
| solution for you. While lots of media pundits | | | | adrenaline pumping by cruising yard sales and |
| make jokes about people owning so much stuff | | | | selling your finds on eBay. If you're a |
| they have to rent storage units to keep it | | | | serious seller, you may be wondering how to |
| all, there are good reasons for keeping even | | | | maintain your sales success and still have a |
| often used belongings in a storage | | | | life and a home that allows you to let people |
| site.People have been known to store | | | | in the door.If you're buried in Hummels and |
| everything from expensive sports cars to | | | | My Little Ponies up to your eyebrows, |
| speedboats in self-storage units. Especially | | | | self-storage may offer a solution. Create a |
| for people in tiny urban apartments, it's | | | | set of bins and an index that allows you to |
| like having a shed or an extra room in the | | | | quickly find your products; if the space and |
| house. If you have a sport - skiing, scuba | | | | the management allow, you could even set up a |
| diving, rowing - that requires both quality | | | | packaging station, complete with packing |
| equipment and travel to another location in | | | | materials and a postage scale, and package |
| order to engage in the sport, why not stash | | | | the orders there. Make sure the unit is close |
| the equipment in a storage unit and make a | | | | to your home and the post office, and |
| quick trip to the unit on your way out of | | | | establish a schedule that allows you to |
| town?Of course, you need an organized | | | | download your orders, process them at your |
| approach to storing your stuff if your plan | | | | unit, and ship the items on time.Storing |
| is going to work. Simply opening your unit | | | | space-eating sports equipment or running a |
| and tossing your stuff in after an out of | | | | direct mail business largely away from your |
| town jaunt isn't going to work well for you | | | | home will allow you your fun or your business |
| after a while, especially if you've got a | | | | success and still let you maintain an |
| number of activities that require different | | | | attractive, comfortable and orderly home for |
| kinds of equipment. You need to plan out your | | | | your own enjoyment and for entertaining |
| usage. Separate the equipment by categories, | | | | friends and family. Self-storage can be a |
| and store it neatly in its own space. Pay | | | | great deal; it can even be great feng |
| attention to how you're planning to load the | | | | shui!Aldene Fredenburg is a freelance writer |
| equipment into your vehicle, so that you can | | | | living in southwestern New Hampshire. She has |
| move it quickly and neatly from storage unit | | | | written numerous articles for local and |
| to vehicle and back again. If your equipment | | | | regional newspapers and for a number of |
| needs maintenance, it may be possible to | | | | Internet websites, including Tips and Topics. |