I threw some things away today. Not normal "that's obviously trash" things, but things that had outlived their usefulness and were not fit to donate or sell.

I am a person who has a hard time getting rid of things like that, because I keep thinking I might need something similar down the road, and maybe I could rehabilitate the thing. Or (because I am a crafter), I think maybe I could use pieces of it to make something new.

I have a house full of this sort of stuff, and after years of accumulating things I "might need later," my storage areas are full. I don't have room for new hobbies. It's time to try to get rid of some stuff.

I was considering the book about "death cleaning" for inspiration, but I've read several entertaining and inspirational books about how to declutter to no avail. They were great, but they did not work. I still have junk (and now additional books). So I think I'll just have to do it without that.

Even though the books were not a magic bullet, I'm still interested in how other folks go about getting rid of stuff they don't need and don't use. "Comfort" stuff that you just feel better having, but which does not serve an actual purpose.

I'm not talking about people like my sister, who holds a garage sale once or twice a year to shed things she no longer wants. I'm talking about people like me, who get attached to things or to the idea that if I needed something like "this particular thing" in the future, it might be hard to replace it.

If you are such a person, or know someone who is, how have you/they successfully given up extra things?

@AngelaPreston I found it much easier to give things to people? Via buy nothing or even putting out a pile for people to look through on a street corner (and then taking anything not taken back inside). I'm happy something is being used and that outweighs the "oh no I might need it in the future" aspect for minor items. I had a couple of good sized shopping bags of old clothes (things that were too worn out to wear) and ran into a serious sewer at a local event who was thrilled to take them off my hands to scavenge for scrap fabric for when she repairs stuff. Particularly since I had jeans and things in there where they couldn't be worn as-is any more, but there was plenty of usable fabric left.

It helps that I have a steady job now where I can say "I can probably afford to replace that cheap frying pan I never use if it turns out I need that size next year". Also since odds are I will never need that size...

I threw some things away today. Not normal "that's obviously trash" things, but things that had outlived their usefulness and were not fit to donate or sell.

I am a person who has a hard time getting rid of things like that, because I keep thinking I might need something similar down the road, and maybe I could rehabilitate the thing. Or (because I am a crafter), I think maybe I could use pieces of it to make something new.

I have a house full of this sort of stuff, and after years of accumulating things I "might need later," my storage areas are full. I don't have room for new hobbies. It's time to try to get rid of some stuff.

I was considering the book about "death cleaning" for inspiration, but I've read several entertaining and inspirational books about how to declutter to no avail. They were great, but they did not work. I still have junk (and now additional books). So I think I'll just have to do it without that.

Even though the books were not a magic bullet, I'm still interested in how other folks go about getting rid of stuff they don't need and don't use. "Comfort" stuff that you just feel better having, but which does not serve an actual purpose.

I'm not talking about people like my sister, who holds a garage sale once or twice a year to shed things she no longer wants. I'm talking about people like me, who get attached to things or to the idea that if I needed something like "this particular thing" in the future, it might be hard to replace it.

If you are such a person, or know someone who is, how have you/they successfully given up extra things?

I threw some things away today. Not normal "that's obviously trash" things, but things that had outlived their usefulness and were not fit to donate or sell.

I am a person who has a hard time getting rid of things like that, because I keep thinking I might need something similar down the road, and maybe I could rehabilitate the thing. Or (because I am a crafter), I think maybe I could use pieces of it to make something new.

I have a house full of this sort of stuff, and after years of accumulating things I "might need later," my storage areas are full. I don't have room for new hobbies. It's time to try to get rid of some stuff.

I was considering the book about "death cleaning" for inspiration, but I've read several entertaining and inspirational books about how to declutter to no avail. They were great, but they did not work. I still have junk (and now additional books). So I think I'll just have to do it without that.

Even though the books were not a magic bullet, I'm still interested in how other folks go about getting rid of stuff they don't need and don't use. "Comfort" stuff that you just feel better having, but which does not serve an actual purpose.

I'm not talking about people like my sister, who holds a garage sale once or twice a year to shed things she no longer wants. I'm talking about people like me, who get attached to things or to the idea that if I needed something like "this particular thing" in the future, it might be hard to replace it.

If you are such a person, or know someone who is, how have you/they successfully given up extra things?