I love my old stuff but i have to throw some of them

Why don't you try to sell them? Either make a garage sale or sell them online like ebay. Or if you don't want to sell them, then just give them to other people. Your old stuffs might still have value for other people. Try to give them first to your relatives. And since you really love your old stuffs, why don't you take a picture of them first before you dispose them? Haha, just a suggestion. At least you will still have a souvenir of them, yet not eating a space in your room. Have a nice day!

Many have a problem with parting with stuff, especially because so many have good memories. When my daughter was little and didn't want to part with toys I just explained there are kids without any toys that would appreciate playing with them. She was much more willing to give things up when she realized they would continue to serve a purpose and to this day she easily gives away things to charity. I too think about someone needing and using my clothes or house items when I am reluctant to part with them.

I know that it is hard to give up some of the old stuff you love keeping around even if they really aren't in use anymore. They have sentimental value and all that, but now you really have to decide which things should go and which should stay. If it will help you feel better, try putting them on a garage sale or donate them to charity, rather than just throwing them away. At least they get to serve their purpose once again and you get to not feel so bad about losing them.

I have the same problem. It's really really bad. As for gifts, that's a difficult discussion in itself because there are 2 sides to that. Some people think that it's disrespectful and rude to sell/donate/throw out gifts. Some people think that if it doesn't fit your style/lifestyle then noone should grudge you for making room for things that are relevant to you. I actually had an ex who went into this huge rant when we were first dating about how after they broke up, one of his exes sold a necklace he had given her and he found out about it because they had gotten back together. He was talking about how he was so pissed blah blah blah, that you shouldn't do that because when(if) you get back together it makes you look bad, blah blah blah. I thought he was [extremely] out of line, and frankly, a jerk about it. Turns out I was right, he was a messed up, narcissistic, jerk, plus a whole lot of other things. Anywho, I digress. Mainly, my point is, if the object (and in the case of exes, the person) is no longer/never has been relevant to you, never feel bad about letting that thing go. If the giver has a problem with it, the giver is the problem. Once they've given something to you, it's yours to do with what you want, regardless. As another commenter said, take a picture of it before you let it go. I think that's an even better solution than keeping. And that goes for gifts, sentimentals, or anything else you struggle with keeping or not keeping. The picture will last a lot longer than the item ever could; things break, get "dingy", start looking old/dated, take up space if it's not an useable thing. Also, take the picture with yourself holding each thing. I hope I've helped your decision. Good luck! :) Now if only I could take my own advice, lol!

Yeah,i'm the same as you.I always keep my things in my room and find it hard to throw them away.But anyway,there would one day that we give up something.I feel really sad about this.Have a nice day.

Yup! Especially if those items have a lot of memories with them. But what I do is that I try to organize my stuff in my room so that they won't look messy and there'd be no need to throw them away. Although there may be some that aren't really needed but have sentimental values, I still throw them. It's just a matter of weighing down what matters most, and what memories you'd like to keep.

i can feel you, tess. I've been like you in almost my entire life. I love keep and cherish those old things for they have much value in my life, in my younger years and it usually brings back good memories. Especially when it comes to special friends, it shows also how they appreciate our friendships with them. Actually, my stuff which are mostly older not less than 20 years with me, most occupied my space in our house. But when a thypoon Ondoy came and almost ruined our everything, that's how I realized that we need to give importance more on things that we are need in our everyday life. I realized that those things represents our past but what important is how those memories remain in our heart and mind. When I decided to dispose most of them, I made a more simple way of keeping them. I took pictures of them, write quotes about each of them: the person who gave it, occasions, how much it value my past, and did save it a cd with a back up in USB and when times I opened my laptop, I would find time to visit it and add if there is something to be added. So isn't it more practical? lol. But that's just my way, and i feel it better for me. Happy mylotting.

Hello Tess_Quinain, If you want to get a more space in your room, you outta throw or donate the stuff that you don't want any more. I have one gift that i got from a friend, but unfortunately it broke and haven't seen it ever since. I have some stuff now that remains in my drawer. I don't have that much stuff, if i think the stuff old and completely useless I would probably just give it or donate it anyways we don't have a big mouse though

I understand you. It's definitely difficult to throw them away especially those gifts. Like you I also kept it until my mom decided to give them away to my cousins. At first , it was tough to accept it. Later on, I've learned to let them go.

Yes, you got a company! Even I have the same nature, I don't know why. Some of the things that I have been used earlier or things that I got something which is look nice, some pack cases, hardware instruments, old cassettes, like that whatever I see around I will keep and my family member always tease me saying that the home itself is a 'museum' and people who visit such place can bring here. As you said, I am in a move to throw many such things that I used keep from last 15-20 years and above as I am moving to a bigger home to a small house now. Anyway, my family is little bit relaxed and when they were planning to what all things are to be taken to the new place I was adding many more and they are really angry to me. Let me see, I am forced to cut short many things including my old music system, etc. Thank-s

Yes actually I do. I have a lot of old stuffs and even some stuffs I don't need. But when it's time to clean up and throw them unwanted stuffs, I somehow refrain. I don't feel like giving up any of them and at the end of the day, everything remains as they were LOL

I am still trying to sort things I inherited and thought I wanted to keep because they would be useful to me, but they take up so much space there's nowhere to sleep if i have guest. I have already given away carloads of stuff and I still have more. Some things the thrift shops won't take, such as pillows. We have lots of pillows that my mil had -- some are almost new, but I will never use them and my husband can't use them all in his lifetime. When you are married, you have two people involved, and they both have to agree before something can be thrown, sold, or given away. The trouble is, he thinks my stuff can go and I think his can. I wan to use the house, but first I have to use up or otherwise get rid of this stuff. It just takes so much time to sort and distribute it. At the end of a day I'm tired and just want rest -- not sort stuff.