"But I Might Need That Someday"

Do you have Keepers in your corners? Keepers may be important items like tax documents and favorite books.

One of the most heard refrains from our organizing clients is "But I might need that someday!" When we look at the items in question, we find another type of Keeper.

Keepers also can be the things that fall into one of these categories:

• Don't fit
• Don't work
• Don't fit in our current decor
• Don't make sense in our lifestyle

When we consider moving these things out of our lives, our internal response is, "Hey, I might need that someday!" These Keepers, also known as The Don'ts can be a ball and chain in our lives by weighing us down with stuff that will never again work for us.

The seed from a 2,000-year-old Judean date palm recently germinated according to an article in the Los Angelos Times. It is hard to tell how the seed survived for thousands of years ready to spring into life when given a proper environment to grow.

So you see, sometimes we have palm pits in our lives that do eventually come to life. Most of us don't have 2,000 years to see if the day comes when we need it.

Have you had something for a very long time and then rediscovered it? We would like to hear from you.