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I have learned that an organized home is most often clutter-free.  Also, I have

 

 

heard that we spend the first two-thirds of our life collecting stuff and the last

 

 

third, getting rid of it.  I can truly believe it!   Keep it simple as they say!  

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I do know that as I have gotten older, and there are no children at home, it is

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much easier to stay organized.  Mostly because I have thrown away or

 

 

donated something every week.  I keep an empty paper grocery bag with

 

 

handles nearby to place donations in.

 

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So often we have collections that are packed away, sometimes never to be

 

 

seen again!  Part of my problem is that so many of these things that I'd kept

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have a memory associated with them.  And one thing that I have come to

 

 

realize is that it's my memory and no one else's.  So I decided some time ago

 

 

to "let it go".  There is a saying that's been around a while that says, "One man's

 

 

trash is another man's treasure".  

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