How Do You Stop Being A Packrat?
€¢ Recognize that being a packrat stems from a fear of not being able to provide adequately for yourself &/or family in the future. We hold onto things because they 'may come in handy someday'. Let go of that fear.
€¢ Recognize that being a packrat is not budget-friendly. How many times have you bought multiples of the same item because you couldn't find something you bought earlier in the year? It does you no good to squirrel dozens of things away if you can't find them when you need them.
€¢ Spend a few minutes every day paring down your belongings. If you don't love it, toss it! Better yet, donate it to someone who could really use it.
Stop piling up things for a yard sale you know you're never going to host. Get rid of it! €¢ Put a weekly entry on your calendar for a trip to a thrift shop donation center.
If you block out time on each Wednesday on your way to work, or on the way to your Bridge Club meeting, you can get things out of your house on a weekly basis. €¢ Read and ... more.
Diagnose thyself digital packrat. One or more of these symptoms will likely mean you are a digital packrat: • • Do you have 20 or more folders and sub-folders in your documents folder on your hard drive? €¢ Is your list of Internet bookmarks long and overwhelming?
€¢ Is your email program nearly full, or do you use more than one email account because of all the storage you need? €¢ Do you have multiple duplicates of photos, and is it hard to find a photo you need? €¢ Is your hard drive 75% full or more?
€¢ Do you have multiple accounts for similar things, making it hard to find stuff? €¢ Are any of your digital file systems overwhelming? €¢ Do you have email from 5 years ago?
€¢ Do you have project files from 2 years ago? €¢ Do you have folders of stuff to read that would take a year to actually read? €¢ Go through a massive purge.
In the beginning, you’ll need to devote some time to purging files. Thirty minutes a day is a good time — put it in your calendar, and just spend 30 minutes purging ... more.
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