@Former-Member, yeah, magazine recipes can be a trap. And craft and home decorator projects. My Mum's extensive collection was largely tossed out, but my sister and I kept the odd thing here and there that did interest us.
Apart from the clutter aspect of it, one problem with them is that they can end up carrying a "guilt trip" because they were things that you meant to do be never got around to. And/or they're a source of disappointment. Things you wanted to do but never got the chance to.
I've made a habit of slipping magazine recipes I think might actually get used into a related recipe book. My favourite choc brownies recipe was cut out of a newspaper, and I know exactly where to find it, tucked inside the cover of a "cakes, biscuits and slices" recipe book.
Nowadays most of my saved recipies etc. are on my copmputer... which can be a trap of a different sort, given I'm running short of memory space. I'm resisting offloading files onto a memory stick, on the grounds that if I do that, I'll possibly never get around to culling any of them. Funny thing though- I think there's less emotional connection to a virtual "save" than a physical one. The only issue is making the time to sort though and "trash" the unwanted bits.
