I’m sort of a pack rat. I keep random trophies from vacations, playbills from concerts in fifth grade, novels I used to love, One Direction merchandise that I’m not sure what the hell to do with, old makeup…I keep a lot of things and I get into occasional moods of “LET’S CLEAN EVERYTHING AND THROW AWAY ALL OF THE CLUTTER!”
In these moods I find myself able to throw away things that were supposedly sentimental and I have this satisfied feeling whenever I throw something away. After I had to pack and unpack upon moving back from college, it really hit me how much of a pack rat I am and how hard it is getting rid of junk. Like, I have 20+ dresses, clothes from MIDDLE SCHOOL, hundreds of bottles of nail polish…too much stuff.
Look, I know minimalism is the new trend but I will never be a minimalist. I can’t. I’ve sort of tried, but I just have too much stuff and I’m an overbuyer with anxiety about using things up or running out of them. I’ve decided getting rid of junk is the best I can do, so, my packrat friends, here’s the guide to getting rid of junk.
