Decluttering Questions

Do I use this regularly?

Have I used it in the last 6 months or will I definitely use it in the next 6 months?

Do I have duplicates?

Do I love this?

If I didn’t have this, do I have something else I could use instead?

Is there someone in my life from who I could borrow it, if I end up needing it?

If I needed to replace it, would it cost me more than $20 and/or more than 20 minutes to do so?

Is it taking up space that would be better used for things more important to me?

Does it serve my current life/lifestyle?

Am I keeping it because it defines me?

Am I keeping this because it offers me status in the eyes of others?

Am I keeping this because I want to hang onto the person I used to be/I wanted to be?

Would I buy it again?

Am I only keeping it to avoid the appearance of “wasting money”?

If this thing spontaneously combusted, how would I feel?

If this thing got poop on it, how hard would I work to clean it off?

Is this item costing me something?

Did I remember that I had this?

For memory items:

Is this the only item from this occasion or era?

Are there other items that I like better?

When I go through these items will I be glad to see this?

Can I tell the stories/ remember the memories without this item?

Will anyone be glad that I keep this when I’m gone?

Is this MY memory or someone else’s?

For items that are or will be “worth something”

Is there any evidence that people are currently paying for this item?

Is there a reasonable marketplace to sell this item?

Will anyone in my family want this when I’m gone?

Is the potential monetary benefit worth the stress, anxiety, maintenance etc, of  keeping this in my home?

For clothing items:

Does this fit my “today body”?

If I gain/lose weight will these still be the items I want to wear? 

If I gain/lost weight does my body go back to a previous stage, or does age and time change my body in other ways than the number on the scale?

Is this still my style?

Does this still fit my lifestyle?

Have I had the opportunity to wear this in the last year but chose to wear something different?

Do I feel good in this?