...okay, so I'm a little late.
This week, I've completely cleaned out my bedroom & closets, and gone through all the boxes I've had stored in the furnace room for ten years or so. My Inner Packrat is crying, as I've tossed about five bags worth of trash, and donated six bags of clothes to Salvation Army.
Sadly, I STILL have too much stuff. There are some things I have no real use for, but can't bring myself to throw away: awards from high school, homecoming pictures, random notes and letters, tons of cassette tapes.
Some other things I've found:
-- assorted diaries and journals, from 2nd grade, then every year from 5th-10th grades, plus one I kept while I was married. The second grade one is mostly about books (I was very taken with
The Mouse and the Motorcycle) and my bicycle, and the rest are eerily similar, about friendships, relationships, and love in general (or lack thereof), although at least the later ones...