Ahhh... the age old question! I too fight with that problem. But the older I get the easier it gets. I am tired of junk piled in piles, and all I seem to do is move one pile to another pile, and move that pile to somewhere else. *sigh*

Follow these rules:
Make three piles -
Trash
Keep
donate/sell

Look at things critically. Is it broken or damaged in any way tomake it less desireable? trash it

Do you use this item every day, or at least a few times a year? Does it have EXTREME sentimental value? Keep it

Have you not dusted it off or looked at it in over a year? Donate/sell it.


I have all my journals and drawings I've made since the 5th grade stored in my house. They are extremely sentimental to me. the teddy bear I got from my first boyfriend? That was trashed as soon as the relationship was. I still have the ring an ex gave me, but that is in a "someday I'll sell it on ebay" pile... someday I will! I swear!

I have clothes beyond clothes in the basement from my "skinny" days. I sorely need to trash them. I'll never be that thin again and they are starting to take on the damp basement odor (PU!)

I have kept my Barbies, but am planning on selling them (any takers, huh? huh? ) I have recently went through and trashed all the photos of past friends. I have dumped photos with thumbs in the middle of the pictures (why on earth did I keep them to start with?)

Get the idea? Its hard, but does get easier as you go along.