I found this while cleaning out my sewing files the other day. It’s a sketch one of my daughters made when I was teaching her how to make a quilt, when she was around 10 or so. She was so proud of the quilt she made from that sketch. Finding the sketch brought a sweet memory back to me.

But keeping the sketch, along with a lot of other papers that were overfilling my file drawer, is not an option. I need the room for my current files.

What to do?

This is where the camera comes in handy. I have a tablet and a phone, and both have cameras. It’s so easy to just take a snapshot of a keepsake and then get rid of it. Whenever I want to go back in time and indulge in nostalgia, I can go through my photos of various items that jog memories. It’s that easy. And it’s one of the most effective ways to conquer clutter that I know.