This has drastically changed in the last few years. It was once (or maybe twice, if the occasion warranted it). Back in the day when you had 24 exposures or less, you were careful about what you took a picture of…right? It had to be a good moment. Photos are treasures – yes – and they should be saved! You’re right about that, but we need to be more selective in deciding what to keep. In this post, I hope to inspire you to think about your photos differently. Perhaps it’s because we’re taught to think about all our photos as “treasures” from a young age? or maybe it’s because they’re representative of our memories, so we feel that deleting a photo somehow deletes the memory altogether? Not so. It’s like she knows what you’re about to do, and that makes you feel guilty. There’s something counterintuitive about deleting a photo of grandma. Perhaps it’s because this particular type of clutter comes with faces? I suspect that might have something to do with it too. Why? I think that instinctively we tell ourselves we’re not supposed to delete photos. But there’s something about our photos that stops the momentum dead in its tracks. The minute we think about combining it with our photos, there’s pushback. This positive decluttering experience seems to hold true in everything from clearing your mind to simplifying your home. It forces you to re-evaluate your priorities and reflect on what’s really important. It’s where you release all that built-up old, stagnant energy and instead welcome in new energy. I’ve heard it described many ways over the years, but I think most people would agree that it’s a very liberating thing. And it seems that most people who go through this experience, no matter how hard it is, eventually view it as a positive one. Getting rid of old stuff is a crucial part of the organizing puzzle. At least it seems so in the media, doesn’t it? The “out with the old” mantra is strongly woven into the popular consciousness, especially now that the new year is approaching. In the world of organizing, the decluttering process is a celebrated one. I encourage you to think about how you can better curate your memory collection, so that it becomes manageable and usable for future generations. Every shred of evidence that can prove a point. I wanted to write this blog post because I’ve seen so many cluttered collections lately, and the time has come to reflect on this reluctancy to let go of memories we don’t need. Many of us, especially those of us who are genealogists, tend to hold on to every little bit of information that we can find.
But it’s an important word that we have to get comfortable with as the designated family memory keepers.
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