How I did it: My mum and I spent 2 days clearing out my room. I filled up 3 box files of random things from my life that I wanted to keep- things I knew I'd want to look back over in the future. I got rid of old beanie babies and things I've just accumulated. It was fun because I was re-discovering things over and over. What was interesting is that things that I specifically remember NOT wanting to throw away when I was younger, were just meaningless to me now. Some things I had to think about, for example, I never threw any magazines away so I had about 60 over the years and I just told myself I'd always want to keep them. But why?? I am never likely to read old celebrity gossip magazines am i? so I recycled them.

Lessons & tips: Think about how much stuff you have now- wouldn't you rather get rid of some stuff to create room for future things?

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Jan 18, 2009, 06:59AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer