Out with the Old and in with the New

By: Jasmine Simpson

Look around you. You’re surrounded by mountainous piles of junk and ancient possessions. ‘Where on earth did all of this come from?’ you may ask. Do you really want to know? Well, here’s the dreadful truth: It’s from all those years spent collecting hundreds of purchases.

Let’s face it, at one point or another, every one of us has purchased a random ‘toy’ that we’ve convinced ourselves we could never live without. We’ve all had the exhilarating feeling that comes with bringing home that new pair of boots or that shiny leather jacket from Hot Topic. It’s too tempting to just pass these buy. It’s too tempting to pay for it and have it in your hands mere seconds later. 

So where does this leave us? We are subject to the ever-growing pile of items we really don’t need. Instead of leaving it lying around, do something with it! Trash it. Sell it. Give it to that Potter kid down the block. Don’t just keep it all! 

You still need help getting rid of those mountains? Here are a few tips to speed you along the path of capturing your bedroom back:

1)    Organize your mountains of garbage into three piles: Important Garbage, Useless Garbage, and Actual Garbage.
2)    Get rid of that secret fourth pile you labeled ‘Maybe Garbage’. It honestly will be your downfall.
3)    Toss out that Actual Garbage pile. Seriously, why haven’t you done that already?
4)    Elect a friend or blood-relative to go through your piles. (If they love you they will be honored to do it for you.) Tell them to take whatever their hearts desire.
5)    Once the piles have been picked over by those vultures of yours, filter through the piles yourself. Ensure that a random Maybe Garbage pile hasn’t reappeared during this process.
6)    Take a breather and view the size of your piles. If you truly followed these instructions, your mountains should be valleys by now. If this isn’t the case, then you really shouldn’t have skipped steps 2 and 3. Go back and do it right. Then you’ll be done!

Tada! Your room is significantly larger now. Doesn’t that feel amazing? Ok, maybe right now you feel awful about losing all your cool stuff, but honestly, later on you’ll feel good. 

In the future, you should remember that getting the old stuff out of the way always lightens the load. Who knows? Maybe others will even start flocking to you with their hoarding issues (along with all their awesome junk).