Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
I could use the help of people who are good at giving away items they no longer have a reason to keep. I'm going through old clothes going back years and sizes and having a really hard time placing anything in the give-away box. Everything I come to, I say "Oh, I wore that for such-and-such" and put it back. It's so frustrating because I'm making zero progress. There's no logical reason to keep these things, I doubt I'll ever be the size to wear them again and someone could perhaps be using it. Same thing with kitchen stuff. When my grandmother died I brought home a big box of kitchen items and crammed everything into my cabinets. There is no logical reason for one person to have all of this. But I look at it, I say "Oh, that's from Grandma's house" and put it back. I am frustrated and disappointed with myself because I'm getting nowhere with this.

So- those of you who are good at this- how do you make it work? I have to get rid of old things already, so I have room for what I use now.

Thank you so much,
Elyse
I am exactly like this! When it came to cleaning my cupboards, I used to have lots and lots of scraps and bits and pieces of things I thought I would use in making some certain thing, and I never made it and my mom would say, throw all this stuff out and I would always say something like, no no, I can use it. But, then I filled them all in cartons and they're still with me. Later I had to throw away some of my stuff... Once my sister threw a bag full of some of my stuff, and I didn't want to throw it away so I picked it out of the dustbin and it was back in the cupboards
My mom calls it all trash and garbage, I'm so used to it, I call it that too

I think Karen's totally correct. Use her way, you'll surely give away most of your stuff.