One of my rules for decluttering is if I find myself fussing with something again and again and it is taking up my time, either pitch it or spend big money to fix it.
Last week I had Fuss Factor issues and all of it went into the garbage. One was a handheld vacuum that never seem to work right and I don’t know why it doesn’t hold a charge, but it doesn’t. So I threw it in the garbage because I was tired of trying to figure out why the stupid thing didn’t work.
Another time I was fussing around with lids for food containets, trying to find ones that fit the current container I had and occurred to me that if I had to spend as much time finding a lid that fit this container, there probably wasn’t one. I threw away all containers like that. I do regularly clean out food storage containers because we get many from the store in deli food so it’s not like I buy expensive Tupperware.
Last year I had a Fuss Factor that cost me a lot of money because I decided to fix the thing. It was a an old ornate silver plate tray from my mom, so that was a sentimental thing. I don’t keep a lot of sentimental things. But the silver had worn off this tray and I spent too much time polishing it and I thought at the time: Iris it is time to either pitch this thing or have it re-plated. So I had it re-plated at a ridiculous price, so much more than the thing is worth, But that is OK because it’s a sentimental piece and I can afford it.