purging my "stuff"

There are times when the amount of creative "stuff" that I have can be overwhelming.  When you have too much stuff it becomes a distraction in your daily projects.  This is where I have to start the process of PURGING my stuff down to a manageable level.  There are some things that you can do without and probably never should have purchased, therefore it is necessary to let them go.   

I start the process with one container/drawer at a time and decide what is important and pertinent to what I am working on, at the present time.  If it has no purpose then I let it go.  Once I have gone through all of my containers, and this may make a week or two,  then I can relax and enjoy the space it gives me. 

There are some things that I keep no matter what.  For instance, I almost never get rid of any of my tools.  I used to do this and then I found myself purchasing the same tool down the road a bit and regretting getting rid of it.  Funds were being spent in things that weren't necessary to do so.  So the tools stay!  I have become very selective when purchasing tools.  I only purchase the tools I need.  Otherwise I could run out of storage space for all of my revolving stuff. 

Occasionally I will let go of a tool here or there, but not very often.  One thing that you could do, if it's something that you don't use very often, is date tag it.  Once the date tag is tacked to the item and if you use it enough times in year then you keep it.  If it is something that you don't use very often you will be able to see just how much space it is taking up and how often you use it.  If it is something that you don't use more than once a year and really truly could do without then you could decide whether to let it go or not.