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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 on discarding items and photos that elicit negative memories!!! I was able to pare down my photos by at least 150 by tossing photos that brought back bad feelings. I'd held onto them out of some sense of obligation.

That's the biggest takeaway I had from Kondo - does this being joy? 
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Same here!! I've found the KonMari method so amazingly freeing! It helped me get the internal sense of permission to let go of things that I had been hanging onto basically for other people's sake. (Mementos, inherited objects, well-intentioned but unwanted gifts, etc.)

Also tossed tons of duplicates as well as scenery shots that I took as a kid and now have no idea what they are.

As far as the art tsunami, for us making digital copies and turning them into an annual photo book has helped a lot. I let myself pick a few favorites to keep and rest gets recycled which was hard at first but now I find it very freeing. I put a container in storage to hold dd's special items that I think she might want someday and am limiting myself to that space. [/quote]

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