How to decide what to keep, what to let go

How do you decide whether to keep it or let it go? In his book, Clutter's Last Stand, cleaning guru Don Aslett offers these suggestions:

Keep it if:

• It generates love and good feelings.

• It helps you make a living.

• It will do something you need done.

• It has significant cash value.

• It gives you more than it takes.

• It will enrich or delight the coming generation.

Let it go if:

• It's broken or obsolete and fixing it is unreasonable.

• You've outgrown it physically or emotionally.

• You've always hated it.

• It is the wrong color, wrong size or wrong style.

• Using it is more bother than it is worth.

• It wouldn't really affect you if you never saw it again.

• It generates bad feelings.

• You have to clean it, store it and insure it but you don't get much use or enjoyment out of it.

• It will shock, bore or burden the coming generation.