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Ah yes, memories - and the photos to trigger them, are one of the few things not on my list to "pare down" but we are working to copy many of them to our digital picture frame that runs a continuous slide show. Our grandsons love looking at old pictures, seeing Mom, Auntie and us as our younger selves and learning about places we have been and things we have done.
After 3 rounds of "decluttering" I am to the point that almost nothing is hidden in cubbies or closets - it is organized on accessible shelves, and there are even a few open spaces.
Sue
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I scanned my large collection of slides, and my father's even larger collection, and went through piles and albums of photos and they're all in my cloud. I still have the originals, but they won't be as hard to let go of when I need to. My father-in-law had many thousands of slides, and prints he developed in his darkroom, and my brother-in-law has them all saved digitally. I enjoy watching a slide show now with no screen and projector to set up.
I collect old tools, and I've been putting tags on them against the day when I have a huge tool sale. I've been gathering tools by manufacturer into toolboxes, to be organized and better prepared for paring down, trying to decide what to keep, and more importantly, what not to keep! And along the way I give my kids and grandkids tools for Christmas. I gave my toddler granddaughters toolboxes one year and I add things as they get older. They like getting tools.
Those are ways I'm working toward the day when we move from this house in the country, with a barn, garage, carports and my wife's big craft shed, to a much smaller place somewhere without those places to store things.
Not sure what to do with all of my books yet. Does anyone besides me collect old hymnals?
Jim