Plain Advice

I spent a good part of today with my mom, going through items in my parents storage. Until now, their basement has been the resting place for boxes and boxes of my childhood, adolescent and college days memorabilia. But now my parents have bigger and better plans for this area (they are finishing it into liveable space!), so the boxes have to go.

It is hard to know what to keep and what to toss when going through items that hold sentimental value. Do I hold onto the horse crap shaped frisbee simply because I got it while I was a missionary in Texas? What about the letters and postcards?… it seems that every piece of personal mail I ever received until adulthood has found its way into those boxes. What about the stuffed animals that sat on my childhood bed?

What do I do with all this stuff?

Well, I don’t know all the answers, but I found a place that has some really good advice on this topic. Ariane Benefit at the Neat and Simple Living Blog has posted an article titled “Sentimental Treasures or Clutter? 8 Ways to Sort Through Your Sentimental Things”.

If you have a hard time deciding what to keep when it comes to sentimental clutter, I highly recommend that you read through this article and use it as a guide.

Mom, I hope you’re reading this

(I’m not the only one in the family who struggles with this issue).

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