I had a funny experience yesterday when I went to put away a pair of pants. I generally do an ongoing purge of my wardrobe by loosely following the 1-in-1-out rule. I've been a little lax lately though, and purging my closet is on my to-do list. As I was putting away the pants, the pants stack was a little too tightly wedged into the space for my taste and I decided that something had to go. I spied a pair near the bottom that I've been thinking about getting rid of for a while and grabbed them and the pair below (figuring I probably hadn't worn the pair below in a while either).
Much to my surprise, they each had a nicely printed label that read "discard 7/3/08!" I don't even remember doing this, although I regularly label things like this when I'm not sure whether to get rid of them. If I haven't used it by the date, I know I can get rid of it. I decide up front how long I'm willing to keep something and when that date arrives I don't need to rethink it.
I was pleasantly surprised by my tag, and the pants are on their way to Goodwill.
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Love this idea. I'm going to use it.
Thanks Robin, this idea helps me a lot to get rid of things I'm on the fence about. This was a funny one though because I have no recollection of printing the tag. For me that's a good thing because it means I made the decision, gave myself a reminder and then stopped thinking about it.
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