Decluttering my house continued...

I have made it through almost one room. What?!? I know. After it took me an hour to go through just the one drawer on my nightstand I had to revisit my process a bit. So now I look at each item before touching it, decide what to do with it, and then either keep it, trash it, donate it, sell it, put it in its actual home, or repair it. I also have these papers temporarily pinned on the walls to help me.

         

As I am going through this one drawer I am realizing that over the last 8 -12 years I have moved several times and I held on to so much in there because of who gave it to me or because of the amount of money I spent on it. I look at the birthday cards in this particular drawer and it takes me back to that friendship on that day and makes my heart so happy. I look at things like my am/fm radio with an armband and wonder why have I kept this? See picture, and don't laugh too hard. 

Everything I need while I run is on my phone, and the stations on my phone come in way clearer. But because I know where and when I got this I held onto it. Crazy to think about how much in our lives we hold onto for this same reason. How can we ever declutter our lives enough to move forward if we are holding on to so much from the past? Want to lighten your load and get rid of some "stuff" in your life? If you need any tips on decluttering I will do my best to help.