More changes - dejunking the junk drawer

I have saved random misc. stuff and carted it from dwelling to dwelling for decades.
But today, I challenged that.

I took on the junk drawer. It's time to practice some of the new viewpoints.

Take thumbtacks. The last 3 times I tried to use one, simply trying to press it into the
wall made it fold unusably flat. Thumb tacks are probably really only meant for use
on cork boards. But I do not like cork boards because they get crumbly with use. I
threw away the last one I owned about a decade, and six moves ago.

So why did I still have dozens of thumbtacks? Habit. Even after they proved unusable.
(And I put up the decoration with a pushpin instead, since those are sturdier.) But today,
that changed. The thumbtacks are disposed of. As are the screws. When I thought about
it, I cannot recall one single thing I've needed one of those for, in at least the past three
years. Yet during that time, I often wound up spilling containers of them and picking
them up. No more of that! Now, when I find them, out they go.

And twist ties by the dozen - away with those! Keep a few, as I sometimes use some
in craft projects. But I will never ever need 170 extra. All those extra are now trashed.

Dozens of old scraps of paper are now tossed or recycled. Corroded batteries? Away!

Pens are tested, ones that don't write are tossed. Usable ones are now all together in
one drawer divider. Dead, dried up glue stick? Pitched it.

So with all the useless things removed, I now have a tidy drawer full of small useful
items, like pens and markers, rubber bands, functional batteries, candle and matches,
solar flashlight, trash bags and such, all where I can find them easily.

I like this ever so much better than having a junk drawer!