saying goodbye to old kits

I need to clear out some of the old ones too. I know it's hard to part with them. I'll probably just store mine on a back-up hard drive "just in case." But truth be told, I'd probably never miss them. Good for you.

 

I cleared out a bunch a while back and it is hard to say good-bye I still have a few that I need to clear out, but can't part with them just yet for one reason or another.

 

It's tough to clear out space, but I'm sure a faster-running computer will make it better!

On another note, if you really don't want to get rid of stuff, an EHD would serve you well. (In fact, for anyone reading this, I'm a big proponent of EHDs, since Backblaze and other cloud services back up only what's on your computer and delete from its storage anything you remove from your computer). Perhaps that would help with the sting of deleting it from your computer--although items that are no longer your style probably don't need to be backed up?

 

I purged last year and it was so hard to do. But once it was done I felt good about it. Putting some stuff on an EHD is a good option for freeing up space without having to delete.

 

Way to go! It's hard to delete old stuff!

I know there have been a few times that the only thing I've missed about being paper is the consumability ! But I love being able to reuse products, so I'm glad it's not consumable!

 

I lost a lot of old stuff when my desktop died. I did have quite a bit on dvd's but have never got around to putting them on my laptop. I am sure there is a lot I have on my laptop now that I could get rid of, I rarely look into my 'retired designers' folders for example (except for templates).

 

I do it about once a year & can only manage to delete a handful each time now though. A couple months ago I managed to delete more, but only because I pulled some kits that were smaller that I knew I could only get a page out of & made myself scrap with them first before deleting. So cleared space & used them before purging! Win!

 

I purge when I get the urge. ROFL. It's easy for me, I hate clutter, even virtual clutter.

 

Molly, it is hard but I am so proud of you. You attacked it with the right mentality. I always tell people that ask me how to purge digital kits the same thing, "Would you buy it right now to scrap?" If the answer is no, delete don't even give it a second look, if the answer is "I am no sure", then what is it from it that you like? I tell people to make a folder of elements or papers that they "can't let go". Usually helps if you set a count of how many elements or papers you are going to put MAX in that folder.

 

I clean out maybe every 6 months. The more you do it, the easier it gets. But it never fails, I always seem to need something out of on of those kits eventually. Sometimes I can find what I need on my EHD, sometimes not. I recently found a few kits that I thought I had long ago lost, but there they were on the EHD.

 

That's what I have: a "Misc Elements" and "Misc Papers" folder where I store the (few) random pieces I love from deleted kits. TBH, the quality from when I first started scrapping is not the greatest, so between my change in style and the QC issue, most things I purchased pre-2014 just aren't worth keeping. (I started scrapping in 2007.)

 

I agree the quality has come so far!!!!!!!! Specially since most people when they start grab tons of freebies (I did that).

 

I put mine on discs, that way if my laptop crashes, I dont lose everything

 

This is me too! I love deleting old stuff! I'm a bit OCD when it comes to organizing & cleaning- so even just tidying up my folders makes me feel good! I agree too with the older styles of kits are not my style now. It's like pulling up that shag carpet or replacing those avocado green appliances!

 

I renamed all the folders of the old stuff that I might delete some day to start with a "Z". That way it sorts to the bottom of the list. Some day, I will delete it probably. I did delete a bunch of freebies and blog hops of stuff I never use. I should go through that again.

 

I am so impressed with all of you who can purge old kits. I'm a hoarder of all the things. I have everything I ever bought still. Lol. I just move stuff onto another EHD... just in case. Doesn't cost my anything to save that stuff and funny enough I have had several of the designers I CT for over the years ask if anyone had an old kit of theirs and I've actually saved their bacon a few times. Go hoarder!

 

@Karen that's a great idea for those who have the space on an ehd! And come to think of it, I have my first ehd at my parents (cuz "different physical location" is a good idea for backup files). Anyway, I bet a lot of old stuff I've deleted is on there. But I'll be honest: I haven't missed any of it...but if a designer asks, then I'll have my dad upload it to the designer rotfl!

 

I've started deleting kit items right when I get the kit, if it's something I don't like and wouldn't use. Not a ton of stuff, but 2-3 items in a kit of 50 things. For example, I don't scrapbook with images of mushrooms so if a kit's got a mushroom in it, I might love everything else about the kit and delete the mushroom.

I purge, too, but it's nice to know that the stuff I'm keeping now has already been through a once-over.