Stacy decided she would spend her Saturday afternoon clearing out the clutter that has built up in the family den. She knew she had put it off for too long and decided this would be the best time. She took her three boxes marked keep donate and trash and began picking up items one by one. As she picked up old papers and broken toys, she knew it was an easy decision to throw these things away. But when Stacy started to find old keepsakes lying around, including her children's old clothing and photo albums, her immediate thought was to put them away until she remembered that it isn't necessary to keep everything and that she can and will have to part with something. By the end of the afternoon, Stacy had managed to fill a donation box with items she knew she no longer needed or wanted.

She also threw away several boxes of garbage. When she was left with just the item she wanted to keep. She had no trouble organizing Everything finding a permanent place for at all that doesn't include the floor.