People tend to collect things, especially from their high school and college times. However, at one point in your life, you need to get rid of all the things that remind you of it, or at least stop keeping them on display. In most people’s lives, that point will be when they have their birthday, and the first digit of their age changes from a 2 to a 3.
If you are very sentimental and really need to keep them, you can always find some other place in which you can put them. You can, for example, click on this link and find some TV cabinets in which you can store all of the things that shouldn’t be seen by other people.
Here is a list of things that you shouldn’t have in your house when you enter the third decade of your life.
Flat-Pack Furniture
Furniture from IKEA is the perfect example. You might think that IKEA has almost everything you need, but there is something that it doesn’t have, and that thing is called originality. There’s also the fact that furniture from there will probably not last you for a long time. On the other hand, investing in good-quality pieces of furniture will allow you to enjoy them for several years to come.
Clothes That Don’t Fit Anymore
Don’t keep clothes that you were wearing in high school or college just because you hope that one day, you will be able to squeeze into them again. The same goes for pieces of clothing that are not functional. By keeping them, you are only taking up the space that could hold clothing that would suit your style today.
Collection of Shot Glasses
Look at your collection of shot glasses, and answer yourself honestly – how many of them have you ever used at least one time? You might say that they have sentimental value, and that’s understandable – but then their place should be in the basement or a caveman if you have one, not in the kitchen cabinets. Say bye-bye to the majority and just leave the ones that are the most important for you.
Random Chargers and Cords
Maybe you thought that it was a good idea when you were in college – that’s fine. But as your college days are behind you, a box full of random chargers and cords should be put in its place – the garbage. You probably don’t know what half of the cables there serve for anyways.
Old Makeup
Even if manufacturers stopped making some of those products that you have in your drawer, it doesn’t mean that you have to keep them there for the next three or four years. Especially if from the whole drawer you use two or three products, and that’s all. So get rid of the mascara that you used in college for the last time, or foundation which is way past its prime.
Textbooks
Yet again, you’re not in high school anymore – you probably won’t reread books that you read during those years. And even if you got the sudden urge to do so, you can always find its online version – no need to keep the paper ones. What you can do instead is to donate them. And when your bookshelf becomes empty, fill it with your favourite books, and the ones that you can’t wait to read.
Old Magazines
Just like with the textbooks – if you still have the hope that you will reread them someday, give it up because you probably won’t. Instead of keeping the oldies, you can buy new ones that are about something that interests you.
Fake Plants
If you don’t have a green thumb, that’s fine – there are better options than fake plants or trees. Instead of investing in plastic, you can choose plants that don’t require a lot of care – for example, the air plants that only need a little bit of water and attention. As someone said – if you don’t have any real plants in your house, just don’t have any at all.
Roommates
They might not be a thing, but if you are beyond 30 years of age, don’t you think that it’s time to take matters into your hands and start living alone? Sometimes it might be inevitable because of the financial situation, but if you are in a position where renting your own apartment will not be a problem, then do it as soon as you can.
Conclusion
The ones listed above are just a few of those which you shouldn’t have in your house after you pass that magic 30. Some others include piles of unopened mail, unmade bed, CDs or DVDs on display, or anything under your bed. Instead, you should think about getting things like a tool kit, or fridge magnets from your travels instead of shot glasses.
