Declutter Day 16

Junk Drawer

I bristle to call it a JUNK drawer, because, why would you keep JUNK? I mean, stuff is one thing, junk is completely another thing.

Today, I’m looking through the drawers of the secretary that houses some of the random things that don’t have another/better home.

Here’s the trick to know what random things to keep, and where to keep these random, one-off things. Ask yourself these two questions:

“Would I even know that I had this item?”

“If I knew I had this item, where would I look for it?”

(Question creds to Dana K White, A Slob Comes Clean.)

So, I’m setting the timer and taking Dana’s questions to the secretary.

5-minute timer… go!

Very recently I relocated this beauty from one wall to another... Oh wow! does this secretary hold a lot of stuff!!

It doesn't look like that much stuff, but there's a good bit of trash and a good bit to put in the garage sale stash.

Oh. My Goodness!! 20 years ago!! Wowie wow wow!