Do You Save Your Letters?

[Bexinthecity247]

So far I've got 5 shoe boxes I think (not to mention postcards which I won't get rid of anyway) and I looked at a load and have decided to discard a lot of the plainer (and older) ones.

[Frontier]

I stopped keeping physical letters when the huge box I stored them in became so heavy that I could no longer lift it.

 

That being said, I keep a scanned copy of every letter received and sent, and also have a backup schedule in place so they're never lost.

 

While I don't think electronic is as good as the physical paper copy, restricted storage space requires being hard on what is kept.

 

I do, however, keep any little nicknacks, artwork, etc. that may be included.

[asnailmailer]

I keep all mine, have even kept the ones I wrote as a teenager although I removed the stamps from those envelopes.

 

However, I do know that space could become an issue. If you find yourselves going down the shred/throw away route, please save the stamps. In the UK, there are loads of charities wanting used stamps as a way to raise money, but not so many (or easily findable on the web for me) charities around the world.

[Bexinthecity247]

I'm going to remove all the interesting stamps from mine (will keep all the plainer ones or ones I have lots of, for charity) and just start throwing away the older/less interesting letters. I've dragged out two boxes so far and now they're sitting in a bag in my bedroom . So it'll be another year or so before I sort them out I'm sure.

[Chrissy]

I recently went through all of my ink review forms, in order to do a clear out. I'm feeling almost saintlike, now that they all fit in the box file.

[Bexinthecity247]

I still haven't sorted any of my letters out haha.