Why don't you throw half the things in the house away?" - this was said in exasperation by my son when I was hounding him to keep his things in order and to clear cupboard space for his files and folders from schoolI.
If I don't use them, I keep them." - this was in response to my question on what are the stuff that he has no use for anymore. This time I was exasperated because I see totally no logic in keeping things if they do not serve any purpose in your life anymore.
"At the end of the scene that has been repeated many times before, I made off with 5 empty boxes with solid plastic frames that used to contain his toy cars, 3 old Reader's Digests, one pencil case that used to belong to his sister that was bulging with pens, pencils, ruler, erasers and what-not, and an old file. Now there is an empty shelf in his cupboard that I hope will be filled with things that matter to him.
The photos below show how I have given those useless objects a new lease of useful existence. The flattened boxes will be given to recycling projects, the plastic frames have been transformed into stationery holders and as for the pencil case and the contents, I shall give them to people who need them but have no money to buy them.
As for the 3 issues of Readers' Digests, why I haven't read them and when I am done with them I shall give them to people who would read them.
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