Comments on: Decluttering Books: Why It’s So Hard (and How to Do It Anyway) https://www.methodseattle.com/decluttering-books-why-its-so-hard-and-how-to-do-it-anyway/ Get Organized and Stay Organized Wed, 06 May 2026 15:01:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Diane Ashe https://www.methodseattle.com/decluttering-books-why-its-so-hard-and-how-to-do-it-anyway/#comment-20317 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:36:45 +0000 https://www.methodseattle.com/?p=131342#comment-20317 My boys always get me books for Christmas, I ask for some specific ones and they are the ones I find hard to part with. Weird I know . Like throwing my kids feelings away. Yet they are the ones who are minimizing all the time and probably won’t mind if I gave them away. Sometimes I think I may read them again but move on to new ones of course.

]]> By: Diane Ashe https://www.methodseattle.com/decluttering-books-why-its-so-hard-and-how-to-do-it-anyway/#comment-20318 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:36:45 +0000 https://www.methodseattle.com/?p=131342#comment-20318 My boys always get me books for Christmas, I ask for some specific ones and they are the ones I find hard to part with. Weird I know . Like throwing my kids feelings away. Yet they are the ones who are minimizing all the time and probably won’t mind if I gave them away. Sometimes I think I may read them again but move on to new ones of course.

]]> By: Carla https://www.methodseattle.com/decluttering-books-why-its-so-hard-and-how-to-do-it-anyway/#comment-19845 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:52:17 +0000 https://www.methodseattle.com/?p=131342#comment-19845 Donate to Friends of the Library book sales. You are helping yourself and the public library. The decorating books become dated and less useful. But may be sentimental for others. Carla

]]> By: Clara https://www.methodseattle.com/decluttering-books-why-its-so-hard-and-how-to-do-it-anyway/#comment-19839 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:06:08 +0000 https://www.methodseattle.com/?p=131342#comment-19839 In reply to Valerie.

Donation to libraries
Let them get rid of them

]]> By: Valerie https://www.methodseattle.com/decluttering-books-why-its-so-hard-and-how-to-do-it-anyway/#comment-19534 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:39:22 +0000 https://www.methodseattle.com/?p=131342#comment-19534 What do you do with books like Martha Stewart entertaining or Laura Ashley decorating. These seem like collector items from the 80’s

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