How often do you clean out your wallet?

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jade

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Jan 15, 2006
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#1
This week's theme is organize, refresh and renew. I decided to catalog and clear out my wallet. Something i rarely do. I purged the membership cards for places i do not go or have gone bankrupt. I removed cards for membership programs that are accessible via a number or email address i remember. I removed business cards i forgot about. And now my continental wallet is half the size.

I am sure this is the first purge since i purchased the wallet nearly 2 years ago.

So how often do you clean out yours?
 
#4
I don't usually need too but you raise a good point about expired/dead promo cards lol I just got a new wallet recently so cleaned it up then.

I admit my purse is where i toss receipts it becomes a bit of a wasteland in there for paper.
 
#6
When I notice the card slips have filled--again.
I have a tendency not to toss cards--last clearing found expired museumkaart, Italian internet cafe card & an expired travelcard for London tube.
 
#8
I would say once a week - to that same evening of shopping. Like my day or two that I run all over the place. I usually stuff the receipts with my item or in my purse. So my wallets stays decluttered. Once a week I go through the coupons I have left in my wallet and either keep - file - toss out papers. I dislike papers.
 
#11
I own a card case with four cards so I don't have the need to clean out a wallet because I don't use one. With that being said, I clean out my bag everyday since I don't have a wallet to put things like receipts in.
 
#12
kisskissbagbag said:
Probably once a week, I don't like clutter inside my wallet.
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Ditto. I usually clean out excess stuff, receipts, bus tickets etc. every time I open my wallet but at the very least once a week. I hate it when my wallet or bag gets messy and fills up with things I don't need or make my life more difficult.
I guess it's one of the plus sides of having ADD - learning to keep organized. Because otherwise it's mayhem. And nobody wants that. :hysteric:
 
#13
Amazona said:
Ditto. I usually clean out excess stuff, receipts, bus tickets etc. every time I open my wallet but at the very least once a week. I hate it when my wallet or bag gets messy and fills up with things I don't need or make my life more difficult.
I guess it's one of the plus sides of having ADD - learning to keep organized. Because otherwise it's mayhem. And nobody wants that. :hysteric:
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I do the exact same. If I open my wallet and I see more than one receipt, my wallet gets cleared out by the end of the day. Once in a while it might accumulate more than one but at least once a week it will be empty.

My wallet should only have two credit cards, one debit card, ID, health card, insurance card, and a bit of cash.
 
#14
Not often enough :/ haha, unfortunately I usually clean it out after I have a hard time finding something, because of all the crap that gets stuffed in there. (I usually just use a large wristlet, so very often coins get lost in the bottom with gum wrappers and bobby pins) I would love to develop some better habits for 2015!
 
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