I just threw out a bunch of my kids' stuff and I am feeling SO good

I am a minimalish mom of 3 (12, 15, 18) living in a 3 bedroom apartment. <br><br>I am not a big fan of cleaning or doing chores. I do try to keep my apartment tidy, but it's always a little messy. This morning I decided I'd just clean the room that my 18 year old son (and our family's cat and 3 chickens) slept in, since he moved out since the start of this month. <br><br>It was a bit of a mess, and after an hour of picking up, wiping down the walls, dusting the bed frame, and vacuuming, I got out the broom and dustpan and was sweeping the floor. The broom blew some dust and dirt into the back of the room, so I went to sweep it up, and I realized that the dust was actually just from a couple old pieces of cardboard. I moved the cardboard out of the way so I could sweep the dust, and found two little plastic containers I didn't recognize (my son moved to a different state, so he isn't here to ask about it). They were both filled with little toys. One was a bunch of collection toys from fast food restaurants (McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, etc.) and the other was a bunch of little Pokémon toys from the sameinciple collection. They were both from about 2018. I opened them up and showed them to my kids. My 12 year old daughter said "ew, why would anyone keep these?" and my 15 year old son said "yeah, I don't remember anyone ever keeping toys like this". I tossed them in the recycling bin. <br><br>These containers were basically just collecting dust for 5 years. No one touched them, no one missed them, no one even knew they were there (it had been years since we moved them out of our previous apartment, and I think they were in a different room then). <br><br>I just threw out two plastic containers that were just collecting dust in an apartment I rent for 5 years. And I feel AMAZING. <br><br>I find myself wanting to go through all of the clutter in my apartment and just get rid of so much of the stuff I have. It's been sitting there for years, and for some reason I just figured it was important to keep everything. But now that I don't have that stuff, I feel better. It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. <br><br>I'm definitely going to be going through the rest of my kids' stuff, and I'm so excited.