{"id":9362,"date":"2011-03-08T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T14:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/wordpress\/?p=9362"},"modified":"2016-11-07T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T01:35:33","slug":"to-use-it-up-or-give-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/2011\/03\/to-use-it-up-or-give-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"To Use It Up &#8230; or Give it Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Joyful-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Joyful-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Joyful-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Joyful-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Joyful.jpg 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Raise your hand if you&#8217;ve ever had a thought like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I paid a fortune for this thing, I can&#8217;t possibly get rid of it now.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;They&#8217;re too nice, and besides I hope to be able to wear them again someday.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid I might miss something important if I don&#8217;t read this magazine article [from a year ago].&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It still has a lot of life left, it&#8217;s crazy to let it go.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My hand is (way) up.<\/p>\n<p>I have a pile of vintage <em>Bluefish<\/em> clothing in mint condition that is still folded neatly in a pile in my basement because I paid a fortune for it back in the late 90s.<\/p>\n<p>Believe me, I&#8217;ve tried selling it on consignment. I was flat-out rejected. <em>Too old. Nobody wears that <\/em>[oversized-jersey-one-of-kind-artist-signature-crunchy-granola] <em>stuff anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have the time, energy, or motivation to open up an account on eBay, photograph each piece, and try to sell the clothes myself. I&#8217;m finally coming around to my last and easiest recourse: give it all to Goodwill and hope someone rooting through the racks totally gets jazzed, buys it all and loves it to death&#8230;<em> And I can get on with it already!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The problem with good things that have a long shelf life like my Bluefish outfits is that they continue to sit on the shelf long after their useful days are over. The longer they sit gathering dust, the stucker they (I) get, and the less visible they become.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even if letting go of clothing is not something you can relate to, you might find the <strong>tips below <\/strong>inspiring and useful for releasing other things, (issues, or people) in your life. They come from an article I received from a friend recently called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvest.com\/living-frugally\/psychology-of-money\/sunk-costs-the-science-of-cutting-your-losses\/\">&#8220;Know When to Bail: Sunk Costs&#8221;<\/a> by Maria Lin [thank you Sara Beatty for sharing it with me]:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walk out if the movie is bad\u2013your ticket is already a sunk cost. Do something fulfilling with those two hours: take a walk or enjoy a book over a cup of coffee.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t read those magazines if you\u2019re not enjoying them\u2013the subscription is already a sunk cost. If your time is better spent on a hobby, do that instead. And make a note to yourself not to renew.<\/li>\n<li>Consider selling a flagging stock and declaring your losses\u2013just be sure to talk to your accountant about the best times to do this (usually end of year).<\/li>\n<li>Go through your closet (and house) and donate or sell expensive items you are no longer using\u2013their purchase is a sunk cost, and holding onto them just because they were expensive may make you feel less guilty, but is not the best decision for you.<\/li>\n<li>End a relationship if you feel it isn\u2019t going anywhere (friendship, romantic relationship)\u2013the time you spent is already a sunk cost. You\u2019ve probably learned valuable things, so don\u2019t see it as wasted time, but not every relationship is meant to move forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvest.com\/living-frugally\/psychology-of-money\/sunk-costs-the-science-of-cutting-your-losses\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you have any other great tips to add to this list, please share them in the comment box below. <strong>What has helped you let go and move forward in your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raise your hand if you&#8217;ve ever had a thought like this: &#8220;I paid a fortune for this thing, I can&#8217;t possibly get rid of it now.&#8221; &#8220;They&#8217;re too nice, and besides I hope to be able to wear them again someday.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid I might miss something important if I don&#8217;t read this magazine article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,29,7,9,23,13,10,18],"tags":[19,77,531,91,81],"class_list":["post-9362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-articles","category-blog-favorites","category-clearing","category-clutter-clearing","category-inspiring","category-clearing-practices-tips","category-simplicity","category-the-clearing-journey","tag-balance","tag-clutter-clearing","tag-goodwill","tag-letting-go","tag-simplifying"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>To Use It Up ... or Give it Up - SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceclear.com\/2011\/03\/to-use-it-up-or-give-it-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"To Use It Up ... or Give it Up - SpaceClear | Home to Your Spacious Self | Stephanie Bennett Vogt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raise your hand if you&#8217;ve ever had a thought like this: &#8220;I paid a fortune for this thing, I can&#8217;t possibly get rid of it now.&#8221; 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