Hold On To The Things You Can't Replace
This tip can apply to whatever you hold dear, but I'll focus on blankets today.
I had a lot of blankets: throw blankets, comforters, quilts, sleeping bags, etc. Just seems to happen when you have enough beds for all 8 people in your cousins family to have a bed when they visit, oh, and doing foster care for 5 years!
I gave away all of my blankets, except the one we use on our bed and the ones I can't replace.
I just can't replace the quilt made for me by the church when I was young.
I used this quilt all the time as a kid so I'm going to use it as a throw blanket.
Another blanket that just can't be replaced: the blanket my husband's mom made for him.
I also keep the one she made for me but I'm waiting for my seating area to be done to use it.
What are some irreplaceable things you hold on to?
Hold On To History Future Generations Will Want To Know
There may be some history we'd just rather throw in the garbage. There may be some history future generations just throw away; that will be up to them because by then I'll be in heaven and won't have a care :D.
Scrapbooks and photo albums from the pre-digital time period:
There is the option with these to scan them to your computer. However, if you're not going tiny and/or you can make the space, I say keep it. It's hard to replace looking through a scrapbook or photo album.
I'll never forget the impact looking at his baby scrapbook had on a 5 year old who had been a baby in foster care in our home. You just never know.
Journals and Diaries:
I love reading about people in history. This could be why I think journals and diaries are important. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks this way, however, I know there are some people who don't think this way.
I will not judge you if you throw your journals and diaries in the garbage. I WILL not. I will NOT.
But then again, "If you have space for them why get rid of them?" ;)
-You may want to go through some of them and take out the 50 out of 200 pages you actually used.
-You can scan each page to your computer (great idea for those of you who didn't journal much!)
-You could look through them and select really fun or heartwarming pages to save.
-You could also look through them every once and a while and see how God has worked in your life. I am always humbled and awed when I do this.
I have a journal from when I was 12. I started it the day Clinton was inaugurated. It's amazing how I've changed and how I've stayed exactly the same. I am, as ever, myself. And it's the urge to get rid of all of the unnecessary STUFF in my life that makes it so I come across that journal every few years.
ReplyDeleteI also have a bunch that stayed unused for a long, long time. BG has now used them for her doodles and art. I'll probably toss them in a few months, but I'll try to digitize the most important items before I do. Thanks!