Will I regret getting rid of childhood stuff?

[Anonymous]

Keep only the most cherished things and ideally, if they are really that special you will want to display them rather than keep in a box as a PP already said.

A few years ago I shredded all the notes and letters I had kept, when I realized I did NOT want people to find and read those. The other day an old friend said she read some letters I had written to her that she had kept, and I cringed thinking that I had destroyed the evidence in my possession but had no control over what others had!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My solution was to get a binder, load it with page protectors and make a scrap book. Certificates, letters, report cards, cut up yearbook to save only a few specific pages. Then took pictures of the rest. My kids love to flip thru it. I have added a few new things, concert/movie tickets, typed trip itineraries, made a few journal type entries. Did the same with my husband’s boxes of stuff. It’s also how I kept my girls mementoes, they each have 2 binders, birth thru elementary, middle school thru college.

This is what I am planning to do too! I bought the binder and page protectors awhile ago but haven’t gotten around to actually making it yet. I also will save photos and my diary/journal that I kept growing up. Wont save yearbooks or old stuffies or toys. I’ll snap a picture and toss those things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My solution was to get a binder, load it with page protectors and make a scrap book. Certificates, letters, report cards, cut up yearbook to save only a few specific pages. Then took pictures of the rest. My kids love to flip thru it. I have added a few new things, concert/movie tickets, typed trip itineraries, made a few journal type entries. Did the same with my husband’s boxes of stuff. It’s also how I kept my girls mementoes, they each have 2 binders, birth thru elementary, middle school thru college.

This is what I am planning to do too! I bought the binder and page protectors awhile ago but haven’t gotten around to actually making it yet. I also will save photos and my diary/journal that I kept growing up. Wont save yearbooks or old stuffies or toys. I’ll snap a picture and toss those things.

This is one of first things I shredded. So much cringe and angst. If the smiles and memories had outweighed these I might have thought differently, but it made be feel bad/sad for what younger me dealt with. I own my backstory and the person I am today, but didn't need the details!

[Anonymous]

OP here. Just got rid of 2 boxes of stuff. Very little was actually meaningful or interesting, so it was actually much easier than I expected!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My solution was to get a binder, load it with page protectors and make a scrap book. Certificates, letters, report cards, cut up yearbook to save only a few specific pages. Then took pictures of the rest. My kids love to flip thru it. I have added a few new things, concert/movie tickets, typed trip itineraries, made a few journal type entries. Did the same with my husband’s boxes of stuff. It’s also how I kept my girls mementoes, they each have 2 binders, birth thru elementary, middle school thru college.

This is what I am planning to do too! I bought the binder and page protectors awhile ago but haven’t gotten around to actually making it yet. I also will save photos and my diary/journal that I kept growing up. Wont save yearbooks or old stuffies or toys. I’ll snap a picture and toss those things.

This is one of first things I shredded. So much cringe and angst. If the smiles and memories had outweighed these I might have thought differently, but it made be feel bad/sad for what younger me dealt with. I own my backstory and the person I am today, but didn't need the details!

Yes and you probably don't want anyone else to read those!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just got rid of 2 boxes of stuff. Very little was actually meaningful or interesting, so it was actually much easier than I expected!

Great! Thanks for updating.