This summer I have been sorting through my possessions, determining what makes the cut.
Some decisions are easier than others. A Texas Instruments calculator? Donate. A two-page letter from my younger daughter? Keep.
But the curious thing is that I don't understand what prompted me to keep some items. Floppy disks are not going to make a comeback.
But the weightiest category for me is paper. Am I ever going to teach English again? No. So I will donate all the stills from plays and movies and the head shots of authors, all great bulletin board material.
Then there are decades of financial records. Besides retaining retirement plan statements forever, I know that other financial records only need to be kept for seven years as far as the IRS is concerned. So why do I have two filing cabinets filled with them?
Every time I put items on the porch for one of the charities to pick up or shred more records, I feel the house getting lighter.
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Email from Susan (Opal) July 15, 2010 10:25:26 AM EDT
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed! I need to follow this model.
Email from Boona Jul 15, 2010 1:18 PM
ReplyDeleteIt has been a revelation. The question that keeps arising is: why in the world did I put this stuff in the basement in the first place?
Email from Susan (Opal) July 15, 2010 3:29:11 PM EDT
ReplyDeleteI wonder this every time I go to the basement. Maybe I'll begin tackling this "stuff" and this question this weekend because the basement is a LOT cooler than everywhere else that isn't A/C.