Our home has a two-stage "recycle bin" policy, though: some of my stuff "gets moved" to a random box in the cellar; if I don't ask for it for a few months, it gets "donated". You know.
There’s a similar trick for papers covering your desk; without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening.
Admittedly the utility depends on how much you/your office likes paper. Or if you go to an office.
This needs to be ~1 year, to make sure there's nothing important for taxes in the pile.
My family moved into our house when I was 3. Around age 9 we were going to finish the basement and a stack of boxes from the move came into discussion. When I proposed the idea, it was not really considered by my parents.
I've proposed it again to my wife after a move or two, and again she didn't take me up on it.
Maybe someday I'll get to give the method a shot.
Just put random crap in a box with a date in it. You can take it out if it is useful but you can't put new stuff in. Once the date is up, toss/sell it.
Basically expiration date for stuff.
The bins sit neatly on a shelf and I know exactly where to find any type of cable I need. The cable wraps prevent them from turning into giant tangled messes.
I actually tested all my microUSB cables and found out majority of them had trouble delivering over 1A of power through them -> bin.
For the rarer ones I kept one of each (usb-a->usb-b, mini-usb etc), the ones that were the best quality.
The diameter of the circle depends on the cable length and thickness. 2m USB cable should be 10cm, 3m power cord should be 20cm, and 10m Ethernet cable should be 30cm.
[1] https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/8-x-1-2-Black-and-Gray-Cable-Ti...
Not zip ties.
I'm not the person you're asking.
I like having tools in my home, don't get me wrong, but storage being free is an illusion. I still think the cost to be worth it.
You're spending mental power indexing all the things you have. I assume you pay for your dwelling, dollars-per-sqft is a thing to consider.
Doing the Amazon route (which is exactly what I do) means I know I have every cables I could ever need within 24 hours. And I don't have to remember where I last put it, and I don't have to deal with knotted cables, and I don't have to wonder when a thing doesn't work, is it the cable?
Even then, it's most likely even more expensive, because if it's just an off-the-shelf HDMI cable, you'd probably have one around. Look for the cheapest SCSI cable, if you don't think so.
I don't want to say 'store everything', but just backordering stuff is much more expensive in my experience.
Video game output cables are already hard to find for cheap.
Never.
I never would do that and my wife never did this.
