For All You Packrats

Over time, you accumulate garbage you may notget to appreciate your collection more, and unless
know you still have. The best solution right nowmusic is your life, these CDs are just taking up
would be to clean house and sell the things thatvital space.
are still good enough but are already useless for4. Makeup. Of course you won't share your
you. How do you do that? Here are tips to follow:makeup. First of all, it's unhygienic. But when you
1. Old clothes. If there are things you haven'tbuy a lot, some makeup companies give freebies
worn for over a year, put them all in a box andfor an x amount of purchase. These are extras
put a price tag on each one of these. Someonethat you've probably never used. See what they
else will have better use for them, and if they areare and think about why you have something else
as good as new, it's even easier to sell them.better. And if these are branded, you can
When it comes to shoes, the ones you won'tcertainly get good prices for these.
wear will get brittle. Rubber shoes, in particular,5. Old magazines and books. As soon as newer
have a certain life span. The longer you leaveissues arrive, the magazines are pretty much
them alone, the more prone they will be to breakuseless. As for the books, you may also have
apart once you wear them. Sell them as wellsome lying around that you're no longer interested
while they still look good. Someone out there is inin. With the new Kindle out in the market, you can
dire need of running shoes but just don't have thealways have copies of it in your hard drive. Sell
means to pay for a pair at its full price.these to second-hand bookstores and keep the
2. Old boyfriend gifts. Sure, they hold emotionalones that you actually read.
value for you, but like you're ex, these thingsStashing and trashing things takes a lot of
belong to your past. Your current relationship iswillpower. But remember, you'll benefit from
what's most important. Take a look at mementoslearning how to organize. When you learn how to
that are just lying around and give them tomake money from your old items, the
people who need them. While these things bringexperience becomes even more fulfilling. So, take
back old memories, these are also reminders ofa closer look at the things you have at home and
failed relationships. Why keep them when theystart fixing. When you make this a habit, you free
only bring back tears in your eyes?yourself from the dust bunnies that accumulate
3. Old CDs. Sure you love music, but as long asalong with these things. It's actually easy because
these are already in your music player, you shouldall you need to come up with right now is a simple
be fine. Professional DJs and music aficionados willsystem.