Poll of the Day > "Just clean out one box each weekend or every other weekend"

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InfestedAdam
05/23/19 1:25:40 PM
#1:


Good grief why is purging ol and unused items around the house so difficult. Some stuff should obviously be useless at this point that were only kept for sentimental reasons (i.e. ol high school stuff) while others that still "spark some joy" might require some thoughts prior to purging.

I read her book but bloody hell trying to adhere to the KonMari method is a challenge. I have boxes of ol stuff from 2012 after some house remodeling that I haven't touched. At this point it obviously should be safe to toss those out but for whatever reason I feel the need to look through them first and yet can't get myself to just look through one box each weekend or so.

*End rant*

How do you folks handle your purging of ol junk? Despite telling myself many a times of "If you haven't used it in over a year, you probably don't need it", it's like pulling teeth to get myself to actually follow through.

Comments are appreciated,

Thank you
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kangolcone
05/23/19 2:15:34 PM
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Her whole thing is bullshit.

Ive had the same dresser for 15 years. It doesnt spark joy, but its a freaking dresser. It stores my clothes. So I can either get rid of my very functional dresser and spend loads of money to get a new one or since Ive never had a dresser (or really any piece of furniture) spark joy, I guess I could just leave all my clothes in a giant heap since no storage method sparks joy.

Also the idea that everything should be on display all the time? Like if I like my Christmas decorations, Im supposed to have a dedicated spot to display them all year? Total nonsense.

Shes Japanese so perhaps a lot of her tips are more focused on city dwellers who live in small apartments. I made different life choices. I have more than enough space to keep my Christmas decorations, but also to not display them all year because that would be weird. However, Im not rich enough to wholesale replace any belonging that I have with something that sparks joy.

But maybe thats just me, possessions dont spark joy for me. Never really have. My kids spark joy. My wife. My pets. But idk, its a dining room table, who the hell gets joyful about a table?
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GRTooCool
05/23/19 2:17:31 PM
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I can never seem to let go of a lot of things around my house. I always feel like everything has some kind of sentimental value and that I'll deeply regret it if I get rid of it.
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Moonjay
05/23/19 2:21:21 PM
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Eh I just kind of purge when something is in my way and annoying me or when I'm looking for something and decide to toss out stuff I found along the way... That and lots of purging when we rearrange the house or move.

I don't think about it much. And I'm very grateful for that since my grandmother and mother set an example for hardcore hoarding.
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InfestedAdam
05/23/19 2:25:02 PM
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kangolcone posted...
Ive had the same dresser for 15 years. It doesnt spark joy, but its a freaking dresser. It stores my clothes. So I can either get rid of my very functional dresser and spend loads of money to get a new one or since Ive never had a dresser (or really any piece of furniture) spark joy, I guess I could just leave all my clothes in a giant heap since no storage method sparks joy.

I think the whole "does it spark joy" approach is meant for items that one is unsure about keeping or not. There's probably no reason to toss out a dresser that is still being used and functional regardless if it spark joy or not. Ol clothes, gifts, etc. that one haven't worn or touched in months or years is probably something that one would put to the "does it spark joy" test.

In my case, a lot of boxes do contain stuff from back in middle school, high school, etc. that realistically I will never need again and have only kept for sentimental reasons. I'm not that pressed for more space but if I were to start tossing out ol unused items and efficiently make use of that space for my current stuff, my room and home in general would not have constraint feeling to it. Too much open space sometimes feels weird but I think the same applies when you have too little space as well.

kangolcone posted...
Also the idea that everything should be on display all the time? Like if I like my Christmas decorations, Im supposed to have a dedicated spot to display them all year? Total nonsense.

Can't say I recall reading this but would agree certain stuff aren't meant to be out year round or always on display.

Moonjay posted...
And I'm very grateful for that since my grandmother and mother set an example for hardcore hoarding.

My mother had a difficult upbringing so she does have a mentally of keeping items that may be of use later. I don't disagree with her and do feel if there's room for it, certain items can be stored away for use later but at the same time I feel one really needs to be practical about it. For example she keeps a bunch of branches, PVC pipes, metal poles, etc. in the yard to support her plants as they grow. Makes sense except she has an excessive number of these branches, PVC pipes, metal poles, etc. all piled up in a corner that she has never used up entirely. We could probably toss out half and she'll still have enough for her plants.
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ChaosAzeroth
05/23/19 3:39:00 PM
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I don't.

Also does it spark joy is a bad question to ask me sometimes, nothing sparks joy sometimes. Other times I'm not particularly interested in something one moment but absolutely about it another.

I once gifted a couple of my games because I thought the people would like them and I though it'd be okay. I ended up asking spouse to get me one of them again later on, and I've borrowed the other before. x3 Does it spark joy is not the kind of question to ask me.
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Red_Frog
05/23/19 4:28:39 PM
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Marie Kondo is a ridiculously overpaid genius scammer who teaches millennials and trust fund babies how to operate garbage cans and live like the poor.
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AnnoyedCops
05/23/19 4:33:01 PM
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I don't have too much of a problem with getting rid of things personally. My house is pretty sparse. I get rid of things easily. I like my place to have a lot of space.
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mooreandrew58
05/23/19 4:33:51 PM
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I have a football jersey from when I played football in middle school. Havent worn it in ages but id be damned if I got rid of it.
Its not even the jersey i wore but it was alternate color jerseys for our team and the principal was making the coach get rid of stuff in thr storage room so he put them on sale to the football team. Sadly they didnt have my number but I still bought one.
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InfestedAdam
05/23/19 5:03:01 PM
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Red_Frog posted...
Marie Kondo is a ridiculously overpaid genius scammer who teaches millennials and trust fund babies how to operate garbage cans and live like the poor.

That seems a bit extreme.I think some of her approach does make sense though and isn't unique to her either. Of the clothes in my cabinet, less than half I wear each year. I really should just donate the ones I haven't worn in years especially the ones I can't fit anymore.

Same goes for certain documents. Stuff like manual are almost pointless to keep nowadays especially when one can just download the PDF of the manual from the manufacturer website or scan it and toss out the hardcopy. I have paycheck stubs from 2012 that I kept in binders for no particular reasons. Stuff like this I really have no reason to keep anymore.

Now I don't agree with everything she says but I do feel some aspects of her approach does have merit and is also mentioned by other guides on how to purge. I think the key lesson I took from her book isn't about how to purge but getting into the mentality of keeping only what you actually want to keep. Purging does one no good if one relapses after cleaning out.

mooreandrew58 posted...
I have a football jersey from when I played football in middle school. Havent worn it in ages but id be damned if I got rid of it.

Think I have my Varsity V somewhere in storage. Never did buy the overpriced jacket. Something like the Varsity V I would keep as a memento even if my cross country days are long gone past.
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ChaosAzeroth
05/23/19 5:06:28 PM
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InfestedAdam posted...
Stuff like manual are almost pointless to keep nowadays especially when one can just download the PDF of the manual from the manufacturer website or scan it and toss out the hardcopy.


Unless you're like me and 'just getting on to check this one thing' somehow turns into oh crap I forgot what I was doing and now I'm screwing around. x3

(I like reading from physical books/booklets too for some reason. Reading online just isn't the same. I'll do it, but I don't enjoy it as much and it's sometimes harder to concentrate on the words for some reason.)
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InfestedAdam
05/23/19 5:14:44 PM
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ChaosAzeroth posted...
Unless you're like me and 'just getting on to check this one thing' somehow turns into oh crap I forgot what I was doing and now I'm screwing around. x3

I can relate to this waaay to much. That being said, I had to take care of some issue with our water heater last summer and the physical manual was ruined cause it was left outside. It was bit of a hassle to find out who the manufacturer was and which model we had but eventually managed to call the right number and resolve the issue. Interesting enough both the PDF manual and even some YouTube guides didn't cover the issue
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mooreandrew58
05/23/19 5:19:16 PM
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InfestedAdam posted...
Red_Frog posted...
Marie Kondo is a ridiculously overpaid genius scammer who teaches millennials and trust fund babies how to operate garbage cans and live like the poor.

That seems a bit extreme.I think some of her approach does make sense though and isn't unique to her either. Of the clothes in my cabinet, less than half I wear each year. I really should just donate the ones I haven't worn in years especially the ones I can't fit anymore.

Same goes for certain documents. Stuff like manual are almost pointless to keep nowadays especially when one can just download the PDF of the manual from the manufacturer website or scan it and toss out the hardcopy. I have paycheck stubs from 2012 that I kept in binders for no particular reasons. Stuff like this I really have no reason to keep anymore.

Now I don't agree with everything she says but I do feel some aspects of her approach does have merit and is also mentioned by other guides on how to purge. I think the key lesson I took from her book isn't about how to purge but getting into the mentality of keeping only what you actually want to keep. Purging does one no good if one relapses after cleaning out.

mooreandrew58 posted...
I have a football jersey from when I played football in middle school. Havent worn it in ages but id be damned if I got rid of it.

Think I have my Varsity V somewhere in storage. Never did buy the overpriced jacket. Something like the Varsity V I would keep as a memento even if my cross country days are long gone past.


Yeah coach only charged 5 bucks a jersey so it was a no brainer for me on having a momento from my time on the team.

Jersey ia actually older than me. The jerseys we wore in games was 20+ years old and these where older. Look damn good for their age though.
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