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BrainTeasers: Lessen Guilt Disposing Useless Stuff

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Rather than getting a headache and wasting time and effort managing your useless stuff, why not get them in the first place? 

—— Dickson Idlier

I am an organized hoarder, meaning stuff is well hidden out of sight, so just doesn’t look untidy on the surface. Where is the stuff? Concealed in a physical or electronic storage location, drawers, Toyogo plastic containers, cupboards, hard drives, memory cards, etc. 

The guilt of throwing away useless stuff (mostly dumpster-dived) makes me feel sinful. To lessen this guilt, below are ways I got rid of my useless stuff:

  1. Sell online. Some items with higher values, I tried to sell them. Use mainly the Carousell app to sell items cheap in hoping to clear them in the shortest time. Singaporeans are fussy and cheapo and online stores having discounts very often makes it hard to sell stuff online.
  2. Give away good condition items to family members, neighbours, and friends. Simply ask the people I know if they are interested in the items.
  3. Give away stuff in FaceBook groups, telegram or WhatsApp groups or apps. This option waste too much effort and is slow to clear. Not to mention some takers with poor attitudes, Missing In Action (MIA), last-minute changing dates, slow or don't respond to messages, etc. I stopped using this option.
  4. Engage 'Declutter Squad'. ‘Declutter Squad’ are groups of Filipino maids, who will come to my place, and take my stuff. I put aside giveaway stuff in plastic boxes and once it reaches about 12 boxes, I inform them to come to collect. Fastest and easiest for me to clear a lot of stuff in one go. 
  5. Sell recyclable items to the recycling station. I sell recyclable items like cardboard, newspapers, clothes, aluminium cans, scrap metal, electronics and electrical items. The exchange rates are may not be high but let me earn extra cash.
  6. Just throw away. Stuff of little value, I just throw them away.

After clearing the items, I felt a lot better, mentally and physically. I have been trying to dumpster dive only items the maids or I want nowadays. So less clutter at home and I don't need to find space to house them. 

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