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Simplifying By Reducing

July 17, 2020 By Jill Russo Foster

Yesterday, I told you what we did about the paper clutter.  Today, let’s talk about the other clutter that was in our home.

To be honest, we have simplified and reduce a lot, but we still have more to go.  We inherited many items from our families and I found that the sentimental items were the hardest to get rid of.  For me this was the hardest. But I have come up with a solution that works for me and maybe you too.

We purchased our families home.  And along with that came these items.  What was I do with them?  At first it was easily to toss many items. But then, I was left with the hard stuff.  Those sentimental items that I didn’t want to keep but didn’t want to toss either.  That was my dilemma.

This is what I have done to simplify the items in our house

  • My dad was a great athlete and had so much memorabilia.  First, I decided that I wanted to remember all of this, so I took photos of all the items I wanted to remember.  I have the memory and the photo now, so I was ready to get rid of the items.  But what could I do with these items, it didn’t seem right to toss them.  For his school memorabilia, I contact the schools and donated the items – yearbooks, sports uniforms, programs, pins, equipment, etc.
  • Nostalgic items was another category.  I purchased a book called Trash or Treasure and contacted collectors.  Here’s a couple of examples – I sold a metal toy to a collector for $500, I sold my mother’s cameras to a company in the mid-west, family china to a company that buys it for people seeking replacement items for their collections.
  • Boxes of newspaper clipping, from my fathers sports career.  Just finished scanning all of these while at home during the pandemic.

I am down to the last few items and then I will be done.   We have eliminated boxes and boxes from our basement and I am happy with where the items are now..

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