omg you are not alone  i do this constantly and now have the weight of cleaning all this out and sorting it along with all the other things i’ve “let go” emails my clothing papers bills kids’ school things things just bc i liked the pics or bc i might “use one day” the other part of my mind likes having clean space and i enjoy making things neat it’s a constant inner struggle  part of the reason i keep things is that i think i have no capacity to remember - like i don’t give my brain enough credit to trust that i can remember important sayings or that i will remember a meme or saying i love when i have the occasion for which it is perfect to use i have tried to organize bookmarks by topic on my computer and that helps but how often do i go back to browse them bookmarks photos papers etc not very much and yet when i do and i love seeing them again and so it provides enough “reinforcement” to continue the habit it’s really a catch-22 i believe that we actually can remember more than we give ourselves credit for and this is shown when i do remember something that i’ve saved — i think of it on my own and yet have no idea where to find it amidst all my stuff and so end up searching for it online again anyway argh