Dolls. Clown figurines. Silver sets. Commemorative mugs. Itty-bitty clay puppies and kittens. A rack full of ceramic thimbles. Keepsake plates of your favorite golfers. Dust-catchers, all of them. Budget-busters, too. How long since you actually noticed your collection of whatever-it-is? Are all these tchotchkes displayed on shelves in rooms where you rarely sit?
Or maybe some of it is packed away in boxes because you’ve long since run out of room yet still keep buying bear- or penguin-related items. (Or maybe receiving them for your birthday every year because you’re too timid to say, “Please stop.”) Rethink what you decide to accumulate. Over time, it’s taking up space and costing a bundle. Just because you’ve collected “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ephemera since you were a teen doesn’t mean you have to keep doing so. If it’s neither useful nor pleasing, it’s just clutter.