11 things that shouldnt be with you again

11 Things You Need to Throw Away

Sometimes, we don't know how much load we have acquired as Nigerians, until it is time to move out of that house where we have stayed for so long. You would then begin to see the books you used in primary school, exercise books from secondary school, the cardigan your mum wore to college and even some wedding gifts of your parents that remain unwrapped...lol.

Today is Saturday...enough of this 'it might be useful" mentally that makes us amass unnecessary load. Organize a “throwing out” day every month to make sure that you don’t have clutter building up. Particularly, here are some of the things you should consider purging from your home today:

Old Magazines:

Magazines are usually colorful and beautiful...so much so that we think they should automatically go into an archive of issues and editions, especially if we are ardent readers of particular titles. However, you should ask yourself what you have done with the pile of magazines lying around you? How many have you read cover-to-cover again and again. You had better go and exchange them all for puff-puff...lol!

On a more serious note, if you have an article that really speaks to you, you can scan a digital image of it and keep it in your computer. Or keep a folder of magazine clippings if you like saving magazine articles.Once you're done, simply forget about how much you bought the "expensive" magazine and do away with the rest!

Receipts, Bills and Documents

Don't throw away the receipt of your Laptop o...just in case you meet a 9ja policeman on the road...lol. Throw away receipts for items that you aren’t planning on returning or selling, and ones that you won’t need to use come tax time. Also, why keep the deposit slip of a banking transaction for a year; when the person you sent money to has received, spent and even forgotten about the money.

Clothes:

Use the two-year-rule for clothes-get rid of apparel that you haven’t worn in two years. Note that I didn't say you should wear your cloths for just two years o...I only said, if you have not worn it in two years, then you are most likely not to wear it anymore in a lifetime!

Books:

You are a medical doctor, planning to get married...but somewhere in your house, you still have the likes of Ali, Simbi, Edet and Agbo residing in your bookshelf. Common man! Beautiful memories they bring...but you just have to let them go.

In doing this, you may however decide to leave some textbooks you think may come in handy irrespective of what class you used them. For basic English principles for instance, you may always have to refer to your Brighter Grammar, Mastering English etc. But having done Common Entrance and passed it twenty years ago, what is your "Odiaka" still doing in your house?!

Don't throw away books though...you can give them out or even sell them out to people who will re-sell them at cheaper rates.

Medicine and Vitamins:

Yes, it's good to have a first aid box or a medicine closet but when medicine stays there for too long, you have expired drugs in your hands.Take a look at your medicine closet and clear out drugs that have expired, medicine that has sat on your shelf for too long, or ones that you no longer use. Do not also forget to check what the proper disposal methods for your drugs are. First, check to see what the proper disposal methods are.

Plastics:

We can so keep plastics! Plastic spoons, cups, plates, buckets, etc. collected as souvenir from "owambe" parties do not cease to seem ever so useful to us. Check the kitchen, bathrooms and everywhere for plastics that are no longer in use, and you can dispose of them.

Bags and Shoes: Just like cloths that seem ever so appealing to us until they are condemned, bags and shoes will always appeal to our sense of usefulness, as long as they can still be worn or carried. But it is not until when a shoe gets totally condemned that you dispose of it...if you have worn it for so long that you now have new ones that are the "reigning champions", you can simply give it away to people who will find it more useful.

Plastic Bottles:

Yes, we always want to store-up water in the refrigerator and all that...but that does not mean that every plastic bottle should be treasured with such n great care; except of course, you are into the business of selling "sobo"...or "kunu"...lol! Storing water in the fridge works best with bottles of the same size, you can specially plan for that. Once you have, you can consume the content of your plastic drink and forget about the bottle!

Electronics and their Corresponding Packs:

As part of your archives, you are saving electronics as per their evolution...you should seriously consider disposing of some of them...abeg! This one is the most ridiculous- the television is condemned already but the pack with which your father bought it in the 70's is still lying graciously somewhere...common!

Jewellery:

The jewellery you bought years ago has faded already (50 carat "panda", my brother calls it...hehehe), but it is still lying somewhere in your trinket box. You are probably thinking that you will need some part of it someday, maybe the hook, to fit another jewellery that is getting spoilt...but by so doing, you only subscribe to wearing "panda" for a life time....hehehe!

Bottles of Cosmetics and etc.

Okay...sometimes these producers come up with promos and they ask us to submit wrappers or containers of their products to claim a prize...but are you seriously preparing for that? How can we explain that you have empty bottles of perfumes lying on your dressing table? Because they were expensive when you bought them? Some ladies keep the bottles of their creams as if to say it is a medal for taking care of their skins...haba!

So...there you go...try to define the things that are really useful and let go of the others. Don't forget that some of these things lying redundant to you might be useful to some other persons. This is something you do time after time, and not just at once...so that you remain rational in your judgement. Plus, if it is not your personal property do ask for permission from your family members before you dispose of them!