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Originally Posted by doll-lady
i love old cards. i collect them and put them in albums. the older ones are alot cuter than alot of what you get today. i love old valentines too and keep those. i declutter on other things. lol i used to hold onto old magazines but i have let most of them go now.
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Originally Posted by meemersmom
I think we're all like this, just to different degrees. I try to clear out a couple times a year. My rule is if it hasn't been used in the last two years, out it goes. Except for my stash, of course. Some things are just sacred!!
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Originally Posted by Margie
It bothers me to hear "throw out". There is always someone who could use those things. DONATE DONATE DONATE. There are so many places...Goodwill, Salvation Army, Disabled Vets, thrift shops...there is also Freecycle. It is a shame to thow away things that could be used or repuposed into land fills. .
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We've been ditching, too. Things that meant something to us when we were little were just that. Time to go. Our kids have a more practical outlook than we have had. I kept many "heirlooms", no matter how much I disliked them, and my kids don't like them either. They've taken up space and supplied guilt...out with them. They'll find a happy home.......somewhere else.
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Yup, I too have been "cleaning out" Our younger son went in our basement this spring and came up stairs and said "mom and dad, you both have to promise me One thing. You each throw out 5 things a week from now on, cause you know when you go, I am the one who will have to clean out all the "s@$##&&%&**t in that basement. so I have really been cleaning out, except I have to make sure I throw and my husband does't see what I throw, because invarible, I go out in his garage, and there it is. So I make sure it is gone. But I am making progress. and it feels good. I have not missed a thing I threw out.
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My mother just passed away. She lived in the same 3 story house for 62 years. I do not beleive she ever threw anything away. I am overwhelmed at the amount of stuff we have to somehow dispose of. I am sure it will bring back many memories and laughs but I am overwhelmed at where to even begin. She was a good houskeeper but in recent years the basement and upper floor became a catch all for all items she was no longer using. I dread even getting started
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sorry double posted
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Anyone over 50 thinks about these issues. I call it pre-estate cleaning and have begun tossing many precious things to me that I know they do not want unless it might sell on e-bay as an antique. The joys of life's full circle.
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Originally Posted by valsma
I don't have birthday cards or stuff like that, but I know somewhere out in the garage there are totes and boxes with stuff in them that I haven't seen in years. I don't know why I keep them, I'm not even sure if it is stuff that I have a feeling about. Just stuff. I know I should get rid of it, but the task is so daunting I guess it is just easier to leave it alone.
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I have started getting rid of stuff - the kids are interested in most of it. So off it goes.
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