Comments on: MidLife Decisions: To Throw or To Keep http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/11/midlife-decisions-to-throw-or-to-keep/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: SimplyForties http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/11/midlife-decisions-to-throw-or-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-2217 SimplyForties Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:30:43 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=495#comment-2217 I'm definitely a thrower. Even at that, I've somehow managed to accumulate more stuff than I want and am on a mission to significantly reduce the number of my possessions! I'm single and one person doesn't need so much stuff. My son certainly doesn't want it. I’m definitely a thrower. Even at that, I’ve somehow managed to accumulate more stuff than I want and am on a mission to significantly reduce the number of my possessions! I’m single and one person doesn’t need so much stuff. My son certainly doesn’t want it.

]]> By: ann tracy http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/11/midlife-decisions-to-throw-or-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-2136 ann tracy Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:50:18 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=495#comment-2136 I careen wildly between needing to save everything and in my Zen moments realize that it's only "stuff". Right now we've got a garage full of stuff from old theatre shows, which we've got to get ride of so I can store artwork in there instead of having it clutter up the studio. We were supposed to start on it before Thanksgiving... now, it's almost Xmas. I'm betting it will be after Jan 1st before we even start it... so um, don't know what to tell you other than, maybe taking the paper stuff you can't part with - like those diplomas - and get it all framed. so at least it will be only taking up wall space ;~D I careen wildly between needing to save everything and in my Zen moments realize that it’s only “stuff”. Right now we’ve got a garage full of stuff from old theatre shows, which we’ve got to get ride of so I can store artwork in there instead of having it clutter up the studio. We were supposed to start on it before Thanksgiving… now, it’s almost Xmas. I’m betting it will be after Jan 1st before we even start it…

so um, don’t know what to tell you other than, maybe taking the paper stuff you can’t part with – like those diplomas – and get it all framed. so at least it will be only taking up wall space ;~D

]]> By: msmeta http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/11/midlife-decisions-to-throw-or-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-2092 msmeta Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:00:29 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=495#comment-2092 I tend not to be very sentimental (except about my boys), so I suppose I'm more of a thrower than a keeper. Do you ever watch "Clean Sweep" on Discovery, where a team goes in to organize a couple of rooms for clearly overwhelmed couples? My favorite part is when the uber-organizer Peter puts his arm around the most-offending spouse and attempts to get to the bottom of his/her hoarding instincts, which is usually some sort of trauma or personal difficulty. Fascinating stuff. Speaking of housecleaning, the old site looks GOOD, girl! I tend not to be very sentimental (except about my boys), so I suppose I’m more of a thrower than a keeper. Do you ever watch “Clean Sweep” on Discovery, where a team goes in to organize a couple of rooms for clearly overwhelmed couples? My favorite part is when the uber-organizer Peter puts his arm around the most-offending spouse and attempts to get to the bottom of his/her hoarding instincts, which is usually some sort of trauma or personal difficulty. Fascinating stuff.

Speaking of housecleaning, the old site looks GOOD, girl!

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/11/midlife-decisions-to-throw-or-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 byjane Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:23:47 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=495#comment-2085 Liz: That's something the expert throwers suggest, but I just don't think it would work for me. In this case, a photo is not worth--anything more than the paper or pixels. Liz: That’s something the expert throwers suggest, but I just don’t think it would work for me. In this case, a photo is not worth–anything more than the paper or pixels.

]]> By: Liz@Inventing My Life http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/11/midlife-decisions-to-throw-or-to-keep/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Liz@Inventing My Life Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:50:30 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=495#comment-2082 When I was in college, the parents of one of my friends got divorced, and then a few years later her mother had to downsize and sell the house my friend grew up in. She had to get rid of a lot of stuff, and had the most trouble with stuff that had a lot of memories - toys and clothes from when my friend and her brother were little. Finally she laid everything out on the bed and took a picture of each and every item so she would have the memory, and then had it all hauled away. When I was in college, the parents of one of my friends got divorced, and then a few years later her mother had to downsize and sell the house my friend grew up in. She had to get rid of a lot of stuff, and had the most trouble with stuff that had a lot of memories – toys and clothes from when my friend and her brother were little. Finally she laid everything out on the bed and took a picture of each and every item so she would have the memory, and then had it all hauled away.

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