skipro33
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
We lost it all in a wild land fire in 2006. That morning I had taken photos of stuff I was going to post on eBay to declutter. Problem was solved for us!
Since then, I've had no problem decluttering, realizing it's all just stuff and can go up in flames at any time. My wife, however, was gifted a whole lot of crap from family to replace the destroyed crap we just got rid of. China from great grandma that her husband brought back from Japan during WWII. Old wedding dress, basically stuff that she is guilted into to keeping and that frustrates me to no end. If I outlive her, one of the first things I'm going to do is trash it all. I've warned her family I was going to as well in hopes they keep their own crap and quit using us for their storage.
Every year I go through our stuff. Stuff we didn't use last year gets a peel-n-stick color dot. If that item is used during the year, the dot gets removed. If, however, the dot is still there after another year, the item is pitched; sold, gifted, donated, trashed. I don't care.
Today we have a clean 'junk' drawer in the kitchen. We no longer have 2,000 ink pens, half of which won't work, or pencils that won't sharpen because the lead inside is broken into a million little pieces. The batteries all work and are sorted. Pins, paperclips, rubber bands all have their spots and are limited in quantities. Our pantry doesn't have expired foods or spices. The fridge doesn't have outdated foods either. We have just enough pots, pans, skillets. All our dishware matches. We don't have old jelly jars for glasses. I enjoy the purge, but DW doesn't. Everything to her has a sentimental story behind it. I recommend she take photos then, because it's outa here!
Since then, I've had no problem decluttering, realizing it's all just stuff and can go up in flames at any time. My wife, however, was gifted a whole lot of crap from family to replace the destroyed crap we just got rid of. China from great grandma that her husband brought back from Japan during WWII. Old wedding dress, basically stuff that she is guilted into to keeping and that frustrates me to no end. If I outlive her, one of the first things I'm going to do is trash it all. I've warned her family I was going to as well in hopes they keep their own crap and quit using us for their storage.
Every year I go through our stuff. Stuff we didn't use last year gets a peel-n-stick color dot. If that item is used during the year, the dot gets removed. If, however, the dot is still there after another year, the item is pitched; sold, gifted, donated, trashed. I don't care.
Today we have a clean 'junk' drawer in the kitchen. We no longer have 2,000 ink pens, half of which won't work, or pencils that won't sharpen because the lead inside is broken into a million little pieces. The batteries all work and are sorted. Pins, paperclips, rubber bands all have their spots and are limited in quantities. Our pantry doesn't have expired foods or spices. The fridge doesn't have outdated foods either. We have just enough pots, pans, skillets. All our dishware matches. We don't have old jelly jars for glasses. I enjoy the purge, but DW doesn't. Everything to her has a sentimental story behind it. I recommend she take photos then, because it's outa here!