Organizing Options
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
Australia
November 7, 2016 1:57am CST
# 43
Whenever I do any cleaning up or organizing at home, I ask myself which of these five options is an item falls into:
1. Trash it
2. Use it
3. Sell it
4. Keep it
5. Donate it
Any broken or unusable items should go to trash immediately. That would be the case if it were up to me. But my husband often has other ideas. He thinks they can be useful again somehow – either they can be fixed or used, even partly, as something else... 
Any good and functioning items should be put to use. If they just lay around for years and years without much use, then perhaps it’s time to consider them to fall into the other options instead of using up storage space... 
Items that are no use to me but still in good condition may be useful to others. This is when selling them can be an option. And if no one wants to buy, giving them away is always a good option… 
Lastly, items which are no longer of use to me but have sentimental values will probably end up in my ‘Keep’ option. I used to be more of a hoarder in my younger days. But I’m getting better in throwing, selling, or giving away things I don’t use instead of keeping them... 
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Any good and functioning items should be put to use. If they just lay around for years and years without much use, then perhaps it’s time to consider them to fall into the other options instead of using up storage space...
Items that are no use to me but still in good condition may be useful to others. This is when selling them can be an option. And if no one wants to buy, giving them away is always a good option…
Lastly, items which are no longer of use to me but have sentimental values will probably end up in my ‘Keep’ option. I used to be more of a hoarder in my younger days. But I’m getting better in throwing, selling, or giving away things I don’t use instead of keeping them...
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29 responses
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
7 Nov 16
I am somewhat a hoarder but I'm slowly getting rid of stuff by donating , selling and trashing :)
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
7 Nov 16
@sishy7 Yes I have gotten rid of a lot by selling and donating so far
In addition to trashing
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
7 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby You need to, especially if you like shopping... You need the space for new stuff you're buying... 
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
7 Nov 16
Yes, I'm constantly trying to get rid of clutters. It was a huge relief when I finally went through bags and boxes worth at least 10 years of documents recently... I feel a lot lighter, but I need to stay on top of it as they can so easily piling up real fast again if I'm not watchful...
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
7 Nov 16
@HAPPSINGH mmm im not selling because it cost more to ship...lol
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Nov 16
I think I'm more like your husband 
. Hubby would love to trash more stuff here - but I'm the one who's always saying we can still use it 
- and hey, we CAN still use it . But I need to do a big overhaul . . . I do want to get rid of stuff, but not necessarily trash them as they can still be used like I said - someone else sure can use it!
. Hubby would love to trash more stuff here - but I'm the one who's always saying we can still use it - and hey, we CAN still use it . But I need to do a big overhaul . . . I do want to get rid of stuff, but not necessarily trash them as they can still be used like I said - someone else sure can use it!2 people like this
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Nov 16
also I often suggest considering how long it's been since you used the item, that helps determine the keep or move on options sometimes
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Nov 16
@sishy7 very true, but there is always the, has it been longer than a year? Then there really better be a good reason lol
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
8 Nov 16
My goal for this winter is to organize my closet. Your suggestions are great and I'll probably have to decide what to keep, what to toss and what can be donated. I'm tired of hanging on to shoes and clothes I'll probably never wear again
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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14 Nov 16
sometimes, if i am completely overwhelmed, things end up in the trash that could probably be donated. but i just get overwhelmed by my kids and so much STUFF.... we live in a small house and it piles up quickly
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
10 Nov 16
I agree with you; it is better to have such options than hoarding a lot of things we do not use anymore; it would be useful to others too and saves us a lot of space.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Nov 16
Unfortunately most things for me end up into #4 keep it
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