Following a lovely email from a follower who had just completed the 10-Day Declutter program, it got us thinking about what it is that people throw away when they are doing a clutter bust.
Why is it easy for some people to throw away items with sentimental value while others hold on to them, storing them lovingly but knowing they have no real value?
So today we’re going to give you the freedom and guilt-free motivation to throw away items that really are just taking up space. Knowing the things that others are at peace with parting with may give you the inspiration you need to shed some unwanted clutter.
Here’s a short list of things that people have thrown away:
- Recipes printed off the internet, not tried or tested
- Piles of cookbooks no longer referenced
- Old walking pedometers no longer in use
- Desk clutter – over supply of pens, paper clips, post-it notes, highlighters
- Old scrapbooking supplies long since forgotten
- Birthday cards & letters that hold no meaning
- Off cuts of wrapping being saved for another gift
- Unwanted gifts that were kept through guilt rather than pleasure
- Near-empty cleaning products, already replaced with better alternatives
- Old shopping receipts
- Out of fashion clothes, not likely to make a come-back
- Clothes that are too small/ too big / a color that doesn’t suit you
Recognizing some of the best excuses we use to hold onto our things can help us break the clutter cycle:
# But I might need it one day!
# It’s been handed down from generation to generation
# I will fit into this again one day
# It will come back into fashion
# I’m saving it for my son/daughter/niece/nephew/grandchild
What are some of your best excuses for holding onto clutter?
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I am just finishing my declutter project that I started in August. What a great feeling! I had prided myself on not having clutter because it was all hidden away in the basement, closets, etc. I have purged it all and every night I review my accomplishments and feel great! Thanks for all your wonderful inspiration!
I am just finishing my declutter project that I started in August. What a great feeling! I had prided myself on not having clutter because it was all hidden away in the basement, closets, etc. I have purged it all and every night I review my accomplishments and feel great! Thanks for all your wonderful inspiration!
Life goes on! If you have scanned and offered to others that’s all you can do. Now keep what is most precious to you and the rest will possibly bring someone else use or pleasure.
My children! I can get rid of my own possessions without hesitation, bit my children’s things are near impossible. I have too many ‘baby boxes’ and I’m often frozen when thinking of getting rid of toys or artwork!!
…….Wedding photo’s, wedding planners, wedding stuff, wedding ring, engagement ring……keep thinking they should be kept for the kids…but what would my boys want from wedding stuff…especially since their Dad and I are no longer married.
The generation to generation is the one that gets me. I have a lot of original artwork, family tin-types, jewelry with ancestry names inscribed. I don’t feel good about tossing those when one of the grandkids might find real value in holding things their ancestors did. How do I come to grips with that? Anyone? I have scanned and tossed most of the photos. Scanned the artwork (the ones I could). Jewelry and very old things I’m not sure. I’ve asked my relatives who are all trying to declutter themselves, but because they’ve already been exposed to all this, they have taken a very few, and declined the rest.
What’s value, without choice-;#