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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
The best way to choose what to keep and what to throw away is to take each item in one's hand and ask: "Does this spark joy?" If it does, keep it. If not, dispose of it. This is not only the simplest but also the most accurate yardstick by which to judge.
I throw away stacks of newspaper and catalogs, bills that probably went unpaid for years, plastic bags of hangers and wires, and the hockey stick.
Never throw out anyone.
It's not easy to get rid of unwanted things.
I houseclean my books every spring and throw out those I'm never going to read again like I throw out clothes I'm never going to wear again.
In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.
refuse what you do not need; reduce what you do need; reuse what you consume; recycle what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse; and rot (compost) the rest.
It breaks your heart when you throw something away, but it's what left that counts. It's like worrying about the bits of rock you have knocked off in order to make a beautiful statue. You've wasted half the rock, yeah, but it's the Venus di Milo!
Waste is unjustified, and especially the waste of time limited as that commodity is in our days of probation. One must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate.
I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.
It is wise to read some books, and wise to throw away some.
You can only do two things with your life: give it away or throw it away.
What we did not truly use, need, and love had to go. This would become our motto for decluttering.
The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you will become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish. Somehow the more you give away the more comes back to you.
Some things we pack away, stick in the back of the closet, never expect to see again - but we can't quite make ourselves discard them. Like
I'm a real hoarder.
Waste makes haste.
So you eat them. And don't try chucking them away. I'll know. I empty the bins.
Making the hard to decision to throw away a once favorite bra is like deleting an ex-friend that repeatedly let you down.
Sell it, don't Smell it.
To know how to dispense with things is to possess them.
Release what is good.
Everything rational and sensible abandons me when I try to throw out photographs. Time and time again, I hold one over a wastebasket, and then find it impossible to release my fingers and let the picture drop and disappear.
In the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.
It is often much harder to get rid of books than to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of need and oblivion we make with them, witnesses to a moment in our lives we will never see again. While they are still there, it is part of us.
You can't conserve what you haven't got.
Do good and throw it in the sea; if God doesn't see it, the fishes will.
Never waste, never worry
You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
Burn them all, little dragon.
No one has a right to hoard things which he cannot use.
To gain the treasure, you must leave the trash.
You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
Some trash is recycled, some is thrown away, some ends up where it shouldn't end up.
Loose and forbear!
Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.
When in doubt, throw it out.
Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.
The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search.
Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it - torn up to irrecoverable tatters.
You would think I would recycle by the way I found my last chick ... cause all she wants is paper or plastic.
Anything that immobilizes you, gets in your way, or keeps you from your goals is all yours. You can throw it away anytime you choose.
Hoarding is both unnecessary and an affront to God, who is perfectly capable of providing abundantly for those who trust in him.
Be pleased, gentlemen, to dispose of what belongs to yourselves as you think proper, but leave us the disposal of the fruit of our own toil, to use it or exchange it as we see best. Declaim on self-sacrifice as much as you choose, it is all very fine and very beautiful, but be at least consistent.
We should remember Christ's words, 'Let nothing be wasted,' when we look in our refrigerators and garbage cans and garages.
When you give your items away, don't keep the excess of your pride.
You can't "un-recgonize" something
Kill what you can't save
what you can't eat throw out
what you can't throw out bury
What you can't bury give away
what you can't give away you must carry with you,
it is always heavier than you thought.
By handling each sentimental item and deciding what to discard, you process your past. If you just stow these things away in a drawer or cardboard box, before you realise it, your past will become a weight that holds you back and keeps you from living in the here and now. Pg.116-117
Use it; fuck it. It belongs to you; use it.
One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.
What you do not eliminate - you accumulate.
If you own pornography of any kind, for the love of your future spouse, trash it immediately.
Always destroy what is in you.
Let it go to create emptiness, to accept the best.
Out of our way mister, you best keep.
If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.
Nor can I throw a book away. I have given many away and ripped a few in half, but as with warring nations, destruction shows regard: the enemy is a power to reckon with. Throwing a book out shows contempt for an effort of the spirit. Not that I haven't tried.
I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'
In the unpacking process, you've got to own it to disown it!
It would be a waste, to lose something I've invested so much time in.
Give back everything to ...
To discard what is unwanted, and to retain what is needed, is what reform means.
Eschew surplusage.
Let this expiate!
By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.
You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life.
A simple pecking order has always characterized mankind's relationship to waste: The wealthy throw out what they do not want, the poor scavenge what they can, and whatever remains is left to rot.
Wisely reconsidered and let the hand
If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.
Nobody likes to throw stuff away. It's just antithetical to our sense of being a person. But we're all habituated to that way of living today.
Expired condoms are like nuclear waste: there's nothing sensible you can do with it.
Honor what you keep.
Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. Firstly: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle.
If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
He who hoards much loses much.
The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full. What
I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.
Empty yourself by giving with kindness, to fill it with joy again and again.
What in your life needs to be consigned to the bin? Just make sure it's not your dreams!
Waste is only waste if we waste it.
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.
It is a bitter thought to an avaricious spirit that by and by all these accumulations must be left behind. We can only carry away from this world the flavor of our good or evil deeds.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
"Solid wastes" are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference toward valuable natural resources, but also a serious economic and public health problem.
Don't lose a treasure while looking for trash.
It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but don't let this kind intention become a source of clutter itself. I have a friend who has multiple piles all over her house, each lovingly destined for a particular recipient.
To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck, but it looks as if it takes considerable skill.
Does that body require disposal, sir?
I had had to discard my rifle
People have trouble discarding things that they could still use (functional value), that contain helpful information (informational value), and that have sentimental ties (emotional value). When these things are hard to obtain or replace (rarity), they become even harder to part with.
When it's my turn, don't do this. Recycle the parts, burn the rest.
You spend a good part of your adult life acquiring things: building a home, filling it with objects that please your eye and make you feel comfortable. Then you spend the last part of your life trying to figure out how to get rid of it all.
Use it or lose it.
Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.
If you chuck away too many things, you end up discovering there was value in them.
The only things we keep permanently are those we give away,