I wouldn't say I'm ruthless. There are things I will keep forever. For instance, I have things from ages ago from Jacque Larsen, Lauren Grier, and Kate Hadfield. They have LONG since retired these things, but I hold on to them and keep them on my EHD because I just LOVE them.
Then, there are things I look at and when I'm honest with myself, I know I won't use them ever. Most of my old stuff has been burned to DVD's, so if I really really really want it again, I can search through those.
I just deleted about 20 gigs this morning. It felt great. I'm just going through folder by folder. Some I'm just deleting kits, and from other designers, I'm deleting the whole kit and kaboodle!
I have about 500 gigs on my EHD (it's a 1TB). That's about the most I keep on my EHD. Then, on my HD, I keep the most recent from my CT's and then I have a Project Life folder that has a lot of the things I plan to use for my project life layouts. Also a digi scrap folder of new things to use and then file away.
I have certain folders on my EHD that I don't touch either. That would be my Travel folder, my Word Art folder, etc...Those are things I can get into any time and use bits and pieces.
I'm not like some of the girls that can just wipe out everything, but I do go through it several times a year and do some major cleaning!!
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