Throwing away a third of my possessions and keptcrap was one of the most freeing things I've ever done. It felt soooo good, and had such positive results.
Now I follow a simple rule for everything I find around the house: If I haven't had a use for it in the last 5 years, out it goes. I exempt from this certain sentimental papers and momentos I am purposefully saving to review in my old age. But otherwise ... if I haven't used it in half a decade, I'm not likely to ever need it.
Your mileage may, of course, vary. (And then there is the nagging question of will the partial Monopoly set appear only soon after you throw the title cards away??)
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