Want to hold onto your memories while also getting rid of clutter?
An organizational expert explains how to organize old photos both print and digital.
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It demonstrates that we have an active role in interpreting the meaning and purpose of our lives.
Our life experiences arent random, we played a role in them, and often learned lessons from events.
It has to do with the sometimes painful act of parting with memories and, sometimes, people.
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Thats why if youre going through a mass home decluttering project, this is what you should do last.
In the KonMari Method we encourage people to build their joy-checking muscle by working through other categories first.
By the time theyre ready to tackle sentimental objects they have a lot more clarity around whats worth keeping.
Before you begin, there are a few resources that can help you you out.
Using archival quality boxes like these ones fromKolowill help you store delicate photos easily.
A service likeLegacyBoxcan help you digitize anything that needs a technological afterlife.
When youre ready, here are four quick tips on organizing your photos appropriately and efficiently.
Do you want to make room?
Do you want to capture and archive family stories?
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Are you making a special photo album or gift for a loved one?
Or you just organizing these photos so theyre easier to access and enjoy?
Get all of the photos in one place
This is to your longterm benefit.
Sort chronologically, by person, or by theme.
Then you want to sort based on whatever your goal was.
For example, photo albums about certain family members calls for you to sort by person.
Do you want to make a timeline of your life, or your family history?
Do you want to make albums from your favorite trips, or family traditions?
Looking to make a timeline of something?
You want to sort chronologically.
I recommend bigger time chunks like decades instead of years to make sorting easier, Morrisey says.
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