and love them. First, they waste space, which actually costs you money each month (in the form of rent or mortgage of your home, or renting or buying additional storage space). It also costs you time to maintain all of the clutter, and stress in maintaining it and see it and going through all of it to find things. Finally, if these things are actually still usable and valuable, give them to someone else who can and will use them. Things aren't valuable if they're not used. So by holding onto things, you are preventing them from actually being used by someone who needs them. 3. Take a picture. If things have sentimental value, it's because of the memories they hold, not because of what they actually are or what they can be used for. So take a digital picture, or if it's a picture or document, scan it into your computer. You'll still have the memories, but they'll take up no space. Try this, for at least a few things, and you'll see that the sentimental value of things can be moved into the digital space to defeat this fear. 4. The "maybe" box. If you just can't bring yourself to get rid of things, have a "maybe" box when you declutter. This is a box for all
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