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- How to deal with old stuff:
- I used to hate "old
stuff"!
- I'd open a drawer & find 4
can-openers, none of which worked right.
- Junk! All Junk! All we have is
junk!
- Once I got on my own, I soon
discovered that every little piece
- in those drawers had cost money!
- And it took awhile to fill my
drawers up.
- So now it's time to sort the junk
out!
-
- What's the rule --
- "If you haven't used it for a
year, get rid of it"?
- That's stupid -- my drawers would
be empty again!
- It would cost a fortune to refill
them!
- Don't kid yourself into thinking
you'll fix everything up either.
- That's how everything got full in
the first place.
- There IS , however, a SIX-STEP PLAN to empty
- your shed, garage, closets,
drawers and everywhere things have built-up.
- Doesn't mean you'll never have
access to it ----
- Doesn't have to cost money ----
-
- Step #1: Look at the big picture
--
- Appreciate the insignificance of
"your" junk!
- What would happen to it if you
died tomorrow?
- It would be divvied-up among your
survivors, right?
- And the rest would go to the dump!
- You're gonna saddle your family
with THAT?
- How many people have YOU
cleaned-up after?
-
- Step #2: Organize your
"junk" --
- Sort it out anyway you like,
- maybe by "New",
Fixable", "Spares" and "Who
cares"
- Don't disturb it, just organize
it!
-
- Step #3: Organize your survivors
--
- Maybe by "Haves", Have
Nots", & "Who cares"
- Don't disturb them either -- yet!
-
- Step #4: Organize your thinking --
- You like your junk. You'd like to
have access to it.
- How much do you REALLY plan to fix
THIS YEAR?
- And you like your survivors, so
- why not offer them
"early" access to your junk (?)
-
- Step #5: Get rid of it!
- Sell the new stuff --don't be
stingy!
- Even the neighbors deserve a
bargain.
- Same with the extra fixables &
some of the spares.
-
- And here's the key:
- Step #6: Call the rest
"heirlooms"!
- Neatly pack a few boxes at a time
& take them to your kids, nephews etc.
- Young people are GATHERING their
junk now, much like YOU did!
- If they can STILL park cars in
their garage,
- you might have the perfect remedy!
-
- And hey,
- if you ever have to move in with
them -------
- it'll be a lot more like home!
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- ( Now, bear in mind, I haven't
actually tried this myself,
- but it WOULD be the right thing to
do -- eventually )
