Thread:OylerD/@comment-25989346-20160612175819/@comment-32738051-20160619054335

Well, you never know what you'll find you wish you had kept that you threw away. Probably the reverse will be true as well. Not like you didn't know this but here's a case in point. Several years ago I was applying for a job and the company in question had their background check company handle not only that but also the application process, which was online and quite lengthy. The application was intuitive: it asked for additional information based on the info you already entered. And the application also asked for the most recent education, even if you hadn't completed it. For mine, I had spent nearly a year in London many years before and I went to college while I was there. That was part of the education I had to include on the application. Well, at the time, if one was spending a significant amount of time in the U.K., that person had to obtain a police registration booklet from the Home Office and then check in with the local police after each move and periodically otherwise and get the booklet stamped and signed off on each time. This in addition to having one's passport stamped. Anyway, back to the job application. When I entered the London school, the application required my police registration booklet number on top of my passport info and I had to provide copies of both! I was lucky I kept both of those...I still have them...somewhere. I was glad at the time I had kept them and I sure wasn't going to get rid of them since.

Long story short, you never know what you might need for what purpose later in life. Even knick knacks and souvenirs you should think about. Ever know any boys whose mom decided to throw out their baseball cards or their comic books only to find out her son had something worth a lot of money in what she got rid of? I'm not saying don't purge. I'm just saying think about it before you do and be sure you won't need it or want it later. 😉