Weed It Down

When we use a weed eater, we don't get rid of the grass altogether, we just weed it down so it isn't so tall.  The same goes with clutter, particularly sentimental clutter.  If you have multiples of something, get rid of all but one.  Someone suggested imagining yourself as your heir weeding through your stuff:  save him/her the trouble and get rid of a chunk now.  One more idea:  with saving letters or greeting cards from all the years, just cut out the messages and put them in a scrapbook or decorative box.  That will cut down on the amount of paper you are storing.