![]() If you’re clearing out books, most urban areas have a charity bookstore which will gratefully take your old volumes. Transporting bulky items like furniture can be a logistical and cost problem for some potentially grateful recipients, but it’s possible to source cheap delivery services by searching on Gumtree with a filter for your area. Donate Itīe generous and give away as much as you can afford. It’s time to free yourself of guilt and dispose of them. If you’ve started keeping things (like those watercolour paintings done by your great aunt) just because you feel bad rather than because they really mean something, get over it. You’re unlikely to remember the things that aren’t there. Try the emergency services test… what would you grab if there was a fire? Second easy criteria… what items make you happy? Store items you love in a memory box, but make an edited choice. Sentimental attachment is a major reason for holding on to things. Chances are that if the occasion ever does arise, you won’t be able to find the item anyway. Don’t keep items “just in case” you might need them. If no one knows who it belongs to, get rid of it. ![]() Found stuff that’s not even yours? Give it back. ![]() If it’s broken and you haven’t found a moment to fix it in the past year, you never will. Do you have clothes you may get into again or that may come back into fashion? They all need to go. Yes, we all have a few items we’d like to keep for nostalgia, but limit yourself to four. Follow Marie Kondo‘s simple rule: if it doesn’t make you feel good when you touch it or put it on, don’t keep it.
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