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Declutter books7/26/2023 Any other book I can order from the library or find online. Unlike most children’s storybooks, these are out of print and I want to amuse my future grandchildren with them. Tall twenty minute tales for children who can’t sleep, these stories were loved by my daughter and have a gentle humor that makes reading them aloud twenty times a week possible for the dedicated parent. My Big Book of Whiskerton Tales by Judy Mari.I won’t read them every year, but I will read them every few years. Bit of a cheat right out the gate since there are three books, but I have an edition with all three in one book, so I’m going with it. Excepting any religious texts, what are the top three books you’d keep? My top three: Listen to your instinct, don’t overthink this. Roam the bookshelves and pull out (or take a picture of or make a list of) your three all-stars. 1: Pick three books you’ll never declutter READ MORE > How to declutter and organize Game no. Head-in-the sand is one way to handle the future but thinking it through ahead of time avoids paying to move all ten volumes of The History of Whittling when you haven’t whittled in twenty years, while the true treasures get left behind. Decisions will have to be made about which books come with you and which don’t. One day those stairs will be too much, or your partner will start lobbying to move you all to a tiny house or hit the road in an RV. People end up having to move from three bedroom houses to studio apartments. Overdramatic example? How about this scenario – if you had to move into a studio apartment and there was only room for one small, inadequate bookshelf that doubled as a nightstand, which books would earn their place under your lamp and cold cream?Ĭircumstances change. Neither option is a good option! And the idea of living with just a few books? Preposterous. “Don’t you have anything more productive to think about?” you mutter (or think or scream, depending on what kind of family you’re in). You hear the beings you’ve cherished and nurtured to keep alive and thriving, debating whether they’d rather be burned or drowned. It’s like those questions that drive parents crazy on long car trips. If your people and pets were safe, and you had only five minutes to gather as many books as you could carry under both arms before your house imploded, which books would you be holding as you ran out of there? Starting the process now is a gentle way to face that reality and declutter thoughtfully. We hate the idea of parting with even one of them but as time goes by and life happens, the herd will be thinned. Kindle readers can skip this post – although I see you, digital clutter – but for most of us, books are among our most cherished possessions and very difficult to declutter. When – not if – you declutter your books, taking charge of the process will make it easier.
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