We are often tempted to keep the "firsts" in our lives: our first dollar earned, first pair of earrings, first bridesmaid gown, first corsage, first hospital stay wrist band, etc. If your first will fit into a scrapbook or memory box, that's good. However, when an old "first" takes up space just because it was important years ago, it probably can be considered clutter. Please give yourself permission to take a photo of it and let it go.
Yesterday, I had a first. It was "Bring Your Teacher a Lottery Ticket" day for Teacher Appreciation Week. I was a bit confused at first and thought the first couple children were bringing them to me because we're studying probability in math class. It finally hit me what was going on after more came in! I had never had a lottery ticket before and after some Internet surfing last evening, my husband and I figured out what to do. After all the scratching off of numbers, I was tempted to keep my first lottery ticket, but then common sense kicked in and I threw them away. Had I won something, it may have gone into the scrapbook.
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