On your birthday, you get cards. At Christmas and New Year’s you get cards. On Mother’s Day and Father’s day you get cards. Are you supposed to save them? Some people have no trouble reading them and tossing them. But for the sentimental folk… let’s just say greeting cards are very difficult for sentimental people to part with. Each one is special to them because it was given with thought and love. But after 25, 30, 50 years… boy how they can add up. So how do you begin to weed out things with emotional ties like greeting cards.
Begin by giving them different value. They’re not really all the same importance. Set some standards and make difficult decisions so you have room in your life for more good things to come:
Greeting cards sent to you can be grouped so that it is easier to get rid of some.
Some ways to give cards more value or less value:
Who they are from:
Cards from people who I don’t want to forget (grandma, children)
Cards from general friends/acquainances
Cards from a group with signatures (work people, clubs, organizations)
What they say:
Handwritten note
Just a signature
Type of card:
Handmade card
Storebought card
How many of each type? Can you live with fewer?
You might find it easy to get rid of cards from acquaintances and cards that just say “love so-and-so”
That could cut out 50% right there.
If you really want to save cards from grandma, how many is enough? 3? 5? 20?
Set a number and pick your top favorites.
Dump the rest.
You can also try scanning the hand-written note, saving it digitally on your computer with photos, and tossing the card.
– Allison
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