Are you a Keeper or a Thrower?

lynn_ The less things I have, the happier I am. The term used for people like me is a minimalist. I read an article one day aimed towards people who were pack rats, but wanted to change their lifestyle. Put everything you are not using into storage containers and place them in the garage, or attic, wherever you can store them. If a period of six months passes and you never opened the boxes, then without looking inside, you get rid of the boxes however you choose. But you can't open them!

A bit of both. I keep sow worthless stuff and throw away the stuff that is important. .... Well, thats me. In one of my weird states and I like it that way. Anyhow, My mum's a thrower and she always tries to clean my room and throw my stuff away. Stuff like papers and old books. But I just get freaky and get them back in the house. I have to find a better place for my stuff, before she finds a way to get rid of them permanently. bourne

I used to be a pack rat. Oh, I'd keep everything from way back from the 1980's. But, when I took to my last move, I had to leave so much of my stuff and only take my things that I needed. After that, I've been what I've always wanted...clean freak. My mother would buy things if they're cheap...if that's the case, more than likely she'll buy one or two. What's that for? Just incase someone she knows is in need of that particular item.

I come by it honestly, I'm a keeper lol...so is my dad and my mom. I moved 1600 miles in a sunfire, and what didn't fit, went to my mom's thank goodness they have 3 storage buildings at their place lol. I know that we joke about when me and my sister have to go through and sort out after our parents are gone, it's going to take at least a few weeks lol. Not to mention a couple of u-hauls, one to my house, her house and my daughters' lol I have gotten away from buying so much knick knack type stuff, and after a shipment of 5 boxes to me from my mom's and a trip back with a carload (a mustang this time lol) full I moved most of my stuff here. And it's amazing how between my stuff, and the comparatively small amount he had, it has grown to a 3 bedroom house, attic and basement lol oh yeah and a shed. Of course we've accumulated a lot of camping gear together, more furniture, etc. and it's just us two and our dog lol I could only imagine if his teenage daughter came to live with us lol.........move to a bigger house.

Well i think i'm more of a keeper myself. I tend to think things shouldn't be thrown unless they cant be recycled. But once something cant be reused, it should be thrown out. Lest it might encroach space to no use.

I am a keeper, never know when you will need that item. Or if I throw something away I find myself looking for it a few days later, so I stopped doing that. LOL

I am more of a pack rat, I will save all things.I am a keeper, I think that in time i may need these things for something. I hate to throw away anything that is perfectly good.

I'm deffinatly a keeper,I have stuff everywhere.

I am a keeper, a pack rat and cannot bear to throw away somthing that I might want to use later.of 'course sometimes later never comes. I can throw out if I really have to but usually hang on to cards and photos and sentimental stuff like that. also I have a hobby in genealogy and have a lot of correspondence about my hobby which I save all of it, of course.

I am a keeper if I need it or it is not worth throwing away. I am only a thrower if I don't need something.. Or it it taking up too much space..

Im in the middle of this two. I keep everything that is needed or still useful but if i found that someone needs it more I lend it down to them. Like my old clothes if I no longer want to wear them I always gave them to my cousins or to somebody who will use it.

it all depends on what i think at that moment, can i use this later? or do i really need to keep this? it,s like i should and shouldn,t at the same time, i do for the most part try to do my share in recycling papers and such, but with clothes i tend to hold on to some, the ones when i had when i was a lot skinnier -lol. it,s kind of therapeutic to get rid of things you have had forever and haven,t looked at. i guess we all have our ways. have a great day!

I'm pretty bad. I keep piles of magazines I subscribe to, and anything anyone gives me. I can't possibly ever get rid of something which has been a gift from a family member. I can't get rid of my children's favourite toys either, even though they are all in their 20s now. I'm not messy, though - everything's organised and in its place - it's just going to make it pretty hard when we retire soon and want to move to another state! My husband, on the other hand, can throw away anything without a second thought.

Hai Iam from India,You can do one thing,that u give an particular to him,and put his thing in that place.Or u should

I am definitely a keeper. I have been getting better about getting rid of the things that I really don't need around lately, cause I'm getting ready to move, but I mostly like to keep things. I am always afraid that if I get rid of something, then I will end up needing it later, and I'd hate to end up having to spend the money to get another one when I could've just already had it.

i tend to be more of a keeper. my grandmother was a pack rat. she kept everything. you couldn't even sit at her kitchen table because it was covered with butter containers and bread bags and all sorts of stuff like that that she kept. i am not that bad, but i do tend to keep some things longer than i should.