What should you throw away?

[girlsmiley]

I’m curious

 

[lingus60]

Most inhibitions....

 

[jaF0]

For the twenty five years I've lived here and another fifteen before that, I've saved all sorts of whatnots for no apparent reason. Every once in a while I'll remember something, go find it and use it. But there are things that have not been touched for most of those years other than to move them from one place to another.

I'm getting ready to do a mass wipeout and haul much of it to the dump. Most of it isn't worth the time to sort and try to sell it.

 

[silver gurl]

Things that you have not touched or worn for a few years...donate!

 

[FataMorgana]

Oh god. I'm inclined to hoard.

 

[Wriggle]

I donate the fiction books I've read, or given up on, and clothes I no longer wear.

You should responsibility throw away all the old chargers you are hoarding in a drawer.

 

[silver gurl]

Oh god. I'm inclined to hoard.

I have stuff but I am tired of having stuff!

 

[Wriggle]

"The things you owned up owning you"
Etc.

 

[FataMorgana]

I have stuff but I am tired of having stuff!

I'm very sentimental. And my wardrobe you'd think 5 women lived here with the sizes...oh I'll slim back into that.

Like fuck I will.

 

[girlsmiley]

I'm very sentimental. And my wardrobe you'd think 5 women lived here with the sizes...oh I'll slim back into that.

Like fuck I will.

Tell us what you’ll keep

 

[FataMorgana]

Tell us what you’ll keep

Lots of old Christmas and birthday cards. Ticket stubs from concerts. Thousands of books. My old school exercise books! Tons of photos. Christmas decs I've not put up for 15 years.

I have a huge bag of mum's stuff I brought back from the care home. I will cull that for sure but I can't face doing it yet for some reason.

Old cat collars and toys from cats long gone. Concert programs. My school reports. Old make up and nail varnish I do need to cull.

Everything is tidied away though in boxes or cases.

 

[PageWriter2]

I hate clutter. It it isn't seasonal and goes unused, it's gone.

 

[FataMorgana]

I hate clutter. It it isn't seasonal and goes unused, it's gone.

I do like clutter and I hate the minimalist look. As long as the place is clean and I don't look like i have mental health issues I'm ok with it.

 

[MissyDaddyGirl]

A few old thongs in my undies drawer!

 

[jaF0]

I have ALL of my old hard drives, from the first computer I ever owned to my current ones. Even the ones that failed long ago. I still have Win 95 install diskettes.

Until recently I had utility, bank and CC bills from as far back as the 90s. I kept the expired CCs too.

I have clothes from the 80s.

Furniture from farther back.

 

[Sean]

Nothing. Whatever you throw away you're guaranteed to need it a fortnight later.

 

[SmoothAndSweet]

I do like clutter and I hate the minimalist look. As long as the place is clean and I don't look like i have mental health issues I'm ok with it.

I just love that 'mental health issues' part. So very funny and true

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

My wife gave me a book…don’t remember the name but it’s for us hoarders..It’s written by Michele Komodo…

I think that’s her name anyway…too lazy to look it up..

Basically to get started on your path to being a non-hoarder, is to throw anything away (or donate) that hasn’t been touched in a year. Fairly good advice…even for me, a guy that will place sentimental value on a Hiking stick I picked up in the woods.

She goes all commando and even suggests NOT getting sentimentally attached to things…that’s when I stopped reading and donated her book to the library.

 

[WillsCuriousity]

Old stereo equipment that doesn’t work!

 

[TwinkleStars]

My wife gave me a book…don’t remember the name but it’s for us hoarders..It’s written by Michele Komodo…

I think that’s her name anyway…too lazy to look it up..

Basically to get started on your path to being a non-hoarder, is to throw anything away (or donate) that hasn’t been touched in a year. Fairly good advice…even for me, a guy that will place sentimental value on a Hiking stick I picked up in the woods.

She goes all commando and even suggests NOT getting sentimentally attached to things…that’s when I stopped reading and donated her book to the library.

KonMari Method

 

[Noor]

Other people’s stuff, particularly books

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

Batteries, TV's, old phones, oil from my truck, tires, old computers, bleach, 1/2 cans of paint...all in the trash bro.

Stew

 

[girlsmiley]

Nothing. Whatever you throw away you're guaranteed to need it a fortnight later.

So true!

 

[Chernosoth]

The 60 pound Worksman bike I don't ride because it's fucking heavy. I bought it for $18. Just the basket is worth $40, but it's too big for the bikes I ride. Now it probably needs a new chain after sitting outside for years.

 

[girlsmiley]

The 60 pound Worksman bike I don't ride because it's fucking heavy. I bought it for $18. Just the basket is worth $40, but it's too big for the bikes I ride. Now it probably needs a new chain after sitting outside for years.

I can’t bring myself to give my daughter’s bike away. She’s too big for it now. I’m gonna have to gift it sooner or later. It’s like letting go. And all of her dresses. She’s probably worn them once. To be fair it’s not really throwing away, it’s gifting.