Living an Organized Life

November 7, 2005

Economize Stuff

Stuff in Storage

According to the National Self-Storage Association, one in eleven percent of Americans rent storage space in a given year.

If stored stuff cannot fit into one's own home, what's the cost of holding on to it?

It is understandable that archived boxes that can't fit in a person's storage places might be necesasary to store elsewhere, because certain things must be kept (i.e., accounting and historical documents). But, what's all the other stuff people store away? Is the price they pay to keep things really worth it?

I suppose if a person were to inventory what they store away, then add up the cost of storage, one might determine the actual value, or worth of their belongings. It might be a rude awakening to discover that all those infant and toddler clothes and toys you saved in case you have another child, for example, have now cost you $2000 to hold on to.

Must be pretty valuable stuff.

Sometimes a person can't let go of things on their own. Sometimes they need a professional organizer or a friend or family member to help in the decision-making process. Whatever the case, decisions should be made to try and economize what we buy, what we keep, and what we store away.

You just might find yourself with some extra money without that monthly storage bill!

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