9 Things Japanese Women Let Go After 50 — And 4 You Must Never Throw Out

📘 Stop buying organizers that don't fit. My book, The Unchangeable Home: https://globalvetted.com Measure first, then buy one box that fits. 54 methods, room by room, for renters and small homes. Chapter 1 is free. 👉 https://globalvetted.com Nine things worth letting go of after fifty, and four you should never throw out no matter who tells you to. The four matter more than the nine, because the things people regret clearing out are almost never the things they were warned about. Instead of asking whether an object fits the life you are living right now, this video uses a question you can actually answer: what does it cost to replace, and can you still replace it at all. Number six is not about clutter at all. It is about not falling. What goes: expired medicine, towels that stopped absorbing, spices older than two years, clothes from a job you no longer go to, cables for devices you no longer own, shoes that stopped holding your foot, creams you opened a year ago, paper that is not a document, and gifts you never unwrapped. What stays: anything that does work your hands used to do for free, anything that is not made that way anymore, objects that hold a person who is still here, and the ugly thing on your counter you use every single day. Plus the one month box, and the old Japanese custom of katamiwake, which is what giving a thing to a person instead of a bin actually looks like. CHAPTERS 0:00 Why the four matter more than the nine 0:35 Expired medicine, and the card that should sit on top 1:34 Towels that stopped absorbing, and the water drop test 2:37 Spices older than two years 3:44 The real question: what does it cost to replace 4:45 Clothes from a life that already ended 5:50 Cables and chargers, and the one that stays 6:41 The one month box, and katamiwake 8:11 Shoes that stopped holding your foot 9:40 Creams you opened a year ago 10:52 Paper that is not a document 11:43 The gifts you never opened 12:47 Never throw out: what spares your hands 13:36 Never throw out: what is not made anymore 14:25 Never throw out: what holds a person 15:13 Never throw out: the ugly thing you use daily 16:03 Who profits when you throw it all away 16:35 One box, one date, one month SOURCE MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO Kelsey JL, Procter-Gray E, Nguyen USDT, Li W, Kiel DP, Hannan MT. Footwear and falls in the home among older individuals in the MOBILIZE Boston Study. Footwear Science, 2010. WATCH NEXT 7 Japanese Rules You Break After 40 — That Cause "Old Person Smell" 8 Places Mold Is Growing That You Will Never Think to Check 7 Things in Your Bathroom Guests Notice Before You Do ABOUT THIS CHANNEL JAPAN PATTERN looks at how Japanese homes actually work day to day, and turns it into things you can do tonight with what you already own. No shopping lists, no perfect empty rooms, and every claim is checked before it goes in. #declutteringtips #over50 #japaneseliving