HOW to DECLUTTER printed PHOTOS

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Wonderful and so very helpful. I went thru this process many years ago after my parents passed. It was interesting for me to process the different emotions that arose. As I have no one to leave photos to when I eventually pass, the process of what to keep was a bit different than those who have children and siblings. I sent some photos to extended family who I thought may enjoy seeing them. I kept very few for myself. There was some sadness realizing the photo life of my parents wouldn't continue on. My own photos from my youth were much easier to declutter. I gained much insight into myself, and I am comfortable with my decisions. Beautifully filmed Benita.

Outstanding!! Thank you, Benita. We just moved my 97 year old mother and, in downsizing, a large cedar chest with family photos has come home with me. Your guidance has given a thoughtful, simple way to begin sorting through them. Can't thank you enough!!

I find the idea of decluttering photos very intimidating, particularly because we just lost my dad last summer. But your wonderful video has made me feel I could accomplish this in the near future. ❤️

"Random pigs" OMG! LOL! When my mom passed away back in 2014 I took on this task and oh Benita, I'm still doing it. Every time I open an envelope or review the "final" album I see mistakes made during my sorting and classifying....but with music and your partner, if any, the stories and memories are amazing.

My mother moved overseas, and to prepare her for the big declutter, I had her watch some of your videos along with some on Dostadning. She pared down to one medium-large suitcase of clothing and just five banker boxes of personal effects, three of which are being stored with me in the States. I became the keeper of all the family photos, and I must've thrown out one large black rubbish bag full initially, and now I am doing the secondary cull. This is by far the most helpful video available, and I just appreciate you so much! Thank you, Benita! ♥️🙏🏼🌻

I find sorting through photos so overwhelming that I can't even think of starting. This made it seem a little more atteinable. You are incredibly patient, disciplined and organized.

Oh Benita, what a heroic thing you have done for your Mother! I am the custodian of the photos of our family and boy, do they weigh upon my mind😳 They have been lurking on a high shelf for a long time and you have now given me the courage to get that box down and make a start. Feeling lighter already!

Wow, you nailed humans and cameras 😂 We’ve started this process but it’s gonna take a while. Great criteria for decluttering!

Benita I did it! Yesterday I decluttered my fabric stash and design-school notes. Today I did 35 years of photos and negatives! It feels fantastic, and you know what, those photos were so easy to go through once I got started.

This is soooooo helpfull I have not sorted my photos for 20 years and your thoughts and tips have given me a vision on how to take it thank you so much❤

I did this 15 years ago, roughly. My kids' dad died, it was so emotional. A couple of years ago I made different piles for all of us. Your idea gives me a lead on how to declutter and divide it more. Thanks, dear.

Love this video! I never know where to begin so Thank you for the tips! Im feeling inspired, maybe next weekend I’ll have a look at my boxes full of old photos, and make a start!

Such a useful video, Benita! Brought back memories of decluttering my own photos a few years ago, 23 albums down to now 3! I digitised most of them and they are stored on a couple of external hard drives.

Thank you for making me feel better about tossing all my negatives!

Where was this video when I needed it during the pandemic when I sorted through about 3,000 photos, that ranged from my parents' youth to my 48-year-old current situation?😄 It took forever to categorize and sort, but that was one of my big quarantine accomplishments.

Great video! Thank you for doing this. I am in the process of doing this with mine and my parents photos. I am 27 and still live with my parents. I have kind of put our pictures on hold for a while since we are going through my grandparents belongings. My grandparents were born in the 1920's and lived during the great depression so they saved everything!!! There are pictures of not only my grandparents and my Dad and his siblings, but of Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Friends, Great grandparents, great great grandparents and so on. I also discovered a while back a box of negatives. I originally wouldn't want to keep negatives but I happened to keep some of the older ones from the 30's, 40's and 50's. I actually took pictures of a few and uploaded them to a site that transfers them to positive images. There were a lot of negatives that I had never seen printed copies of. My grandfather loved to take pictures and would even take pictures of friends and neighbors. Thank you again so much for this video!

I loved how you sorted and organized. I need to do that with my old photos. Now how do you declutter and organise digital photos, can we have a video on that as well please 🙏🙏🙏.

Thank you so much for this video! I've got boxes full of loose photos and it seems overwhelming to go through! You really gave me the inspiration and I plan to get this done!

I started this very project before the pandemic. I stopped because I got overwhelmed. That may have been because I started digitally scanning all of my photos. I thought I should do this because we live in a hurricane prone area of the US, and it’s not possible to evacuate and worry about bringing any photos. AI thought having them digital would be good in the event the hard copies were destroyed. I wish I had thought of using stacking trays, that would have taken up less space in between working sessions. I abandoned the project, and no I didn’t take it back up during lockdown. I just ended a contract job so I have some free time again-maybe I will start again using your very helpful advice. I looked up articles on the subject and never found any thing as straightforward and helpful as this. Thank you once again! Loyal follower since your blogging days!