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Professional Hoarding Poll

djklambakedjklambake Posts: 2,522
edited November 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Hi gang,

I'm in publishing.

I've held onto every single magazine I've ever written for or edited.

I've got 11 years of magazines sitting on my bookshelves. It's a lot.

Question: Do I get rid of them and save room, eliminating clutter and killing this need to keep this stuff; or do I continue to collect it in hopes that some day I'll get wistful and want to look back on my "body of work" so to speak...?

Thoughts?
6/27/98 - East Troy, WI
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2)
5/9/22 - Glendale, AZ
5/18/24 - Las Vegas, NV
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Comments

  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Keep....

    Or maybe clip articles and put them in a portfolio with the magazine cover
    81 is now off the air

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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,410
    keep them in some way or another. maybe box them up & put them in storage or in a closet?
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    I would say keep them.
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Definitely keep them! I think 81 made an excellent suggestion.
  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    Can you scan them?

    A friend I know does professional organizing and one of her best tips is to take photos of things (like your childrens' art projects) and then get rid of the thing and keep the photo.

    I would still keep a hard copy though of your individual articles, just in case.
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    Keep, at least the ones you wrote. It's not hoarding when it's your work!
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,682
    I subscribed to Musician magazine for several years and had boxes of them. When I came time to move I made the poor choice of clipping a few article and recycling the rest. I've often regretted getting rid of them as many are hard to come by these days. That was a great music magazine.

    Since then, I've subscribe to Jack Rabid's excellent quarterly music magazine "The Big Takeover". I'll be smart this time and hang on to them. Lots of good stuff there!
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    burn them
    81 is now off the air

    Off_Air.jpg
  • djklambakedjklambake Posts: 2,522
    Thanks gang... I'll go with consensus :D
    6/27/98 - East Troy, WI
    6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
    9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
    11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
    11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
    11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
    11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
    10/12/14 - Austin, TX
    10/22/14 - Denver, CO
    8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2)
    5/9/22 - Glendale, AZ
    5/18/24 - Las Vegas, NV
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