The Pixar film, Cars, case has been sitting empty on our shelf for probably seven years. I once took the DVD to school to show a clip on times in racing, loaned it to someone, and haven't seen it since. Keeping the case has kept hope alive…maybe someone will find it and return it, or maybe I will stumble upon it in my cluttered filing cabinet. Thinking realistically, now I believe I can remove the case from it's prime spot on the shelf.
It's the same with old CD cases. We had seven or eight empty cases from CD's sitting in a CD changer within a car we sold. (Whoops…bonus for the buyer). We kept the cases…why?
Even if your stuff fits nicely on the shelf and doesn't look bad, it's still needless clutter.
I was looking on my closet shelf earlier this week and found a box of that toilet bowl cleaner that you press on the bowl and it is like a light blue gel flower. I don't really like the stuff, but decided either it goes in the trash or I use it and then it goes in the trash. There were two doses left and I used them up. Tossed the applicator and the box when I was finished.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the longer story at my blog at organizeone.blogspot.com Since Heidi inspired me to start a blog about organizing, I have had off and on fun with it. However, I was not nearly so committed to do it daily. I wanted to, but just couldn't keep it up. So bravo for Heidi starting again.
ReplyDeleteI will feature it one day soon so that more people can view it. Your ideas and photos are great!
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