Yes, I am still up waaaaay too late, but I've been in the declutter zone.
Building on the success of letting go of so many of DMIL's craft supplies, I remembered that last year I had brought home 2 overflowing boxes of vintage (1960s-1980s) needlework, quilting, & household magazines from the library book sale. They were left at the end of the sale, no one wanted to buy them, and no other volunteer would carry them up the stairs and out to recycle.
I carried them up from the library's basement meeting room where we have our sales, but then saw that the library's recycle bin was full and I didn't want to carry them back down the stairs. I put them in my car to bring home to our recycle bin -- then couldn't bear to get rid of them without at least flipping through once.
Then I got busy again and forgot that they were under a box of sewing books.
Tonight it was easy to go through the 2 boxes and rough sort the magazines. Of the 2 overflowing boxes, I'm keeping less than half a box to look at a 2nd time. The ones I'm getting rid of are twice as many as will fit in my inside recycle box. I don't think they'll all fit in the outside recycle box, either, but some will go to the curb tomorrow night and the rest will stay in the garage until collection day next week.
Of the things saved from the 1st rough sort, I have a thin folder with tear sheets of Christmas crafts and a couple hat patterns from the early 1960s that look fun. I'm keeping a needlework magazine from 1953 because it's in good shape and has nice photos. The rest of the magazine titles in the "don't dump yet" pile appear to have a greater percentage of possibilities for interesting projects, but I'm too tired to look at any more tonight.
I'll try to remember to measure the recycle pile before I take it all out to the garage.