Keep it or toss it?

I do this with my clothes -- mostly. Which is better than not getting rid of anything. What I need is a list of things to get rid of all my research papers. I got waaaaaay too much sitting around and more in storage.

those are good suggestions and i do this about once per season. i have two piles that i put clothing into, give to a thrift store (which provides Bibles for missions with the money that they make from selling stuff) or sell it at a garage sale.

I went through mine about a month ago. I filled a garbage bag full of clothes. It sure made alot more room.

As a matter of fact, I did it today and took quite a few clothes and shoes to the local urban ministry, to be given to those in need. I'm seriously trying to get rid of things that are too expensive to maintain, or just too much trouble to maintain. And clothes that are just too big for me anymore and have been for a number of years.

Thanks I will keep these tips in mind as I go through the clutter in my closet for spring cleaning.

Oh dear, this is something that I am terrible at! I do find it terribly hard to throw *anything* away, and have a bit of a pack rat mentality. I calculate the cost of everything I could toss and wonder how I could reuse it somewhere. Of course, if I can't reuse it straight away there is a terribly temptation to stash it away somewhere until I can. The downside of this compulsion is that I have a house full of stuff :-( And my house is definately too small to contain all the stuff that it does, plus my family as well. Either the stuff, or my family, has to go! Take clothes for example, as it's the example that you used. My partner and I both have lots of work clothes as this is what we wear most of the time. Now just about anything that is old, tatty, stained or whatever can be deemed work clothes. But they just build up, and build up, and build up. And then there's the rag bag, which just seems to increase weekly until it's threatening to take us over. I do have plans to make rag rugs and even bought the tool, but I just haven't got around to starting yet. I've actually started working on our excess fabric problem by using some of the worse looking cotton rags as weed suppressant mulch, but still the work clothes threaten to engulf us. What I need is my Mum to come over! It sounds like a drastic solution but if I let her loose on my house she's have my junk reduced in a couple of hours. She's harsh,a nd it hurts, but it works! Midn you, it's always easier to get rid of someone else's junk!