Friend told me I was "hoarding clutter, not memories" and it stung

I had this box of random ticket stubs and receipts from trips to San Diego that I kept for like 8 years. My buddy watched me dig through it for the third time and said I was just keeping junk, not actually remembering the good parts. So I tossed 90 percent of it and just kept one photo from each trip in a small album. Now I actually look at those photos instead of tripping over a dusty shoebox. Has anyone else had someone call them out like that and actually make you rethink what you save?

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jenny478d ago

Did it actually help you remember the trips better now that you look at the photos more often? I was a total packrat until my sister said the exact same thing and it made me realize she was right.

the_lee8d ago

Yeah "now I actually look at those photos" is exactly what happened to me too.

alexbennett7d ago

Dude same. I had boxes and boxes of old receipts and ticket stubs from every trip I ever took. My wife finally made me go through them and I found photos on my phone from those same trips that I had totally forgotten about. Now I actually scroll through my camera roll once a month and it brings back way more than any crumpled napkin ever did.