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SilverLining:
My suggestion is to try tossing the books anyway Moon. With practice it might even get to be more satisfying than keeping the stuff around. In the internet age, it's easy to re-obtain books or information if necessary.
I say this as a reformed book hoarder. I used to have a roomful. Then I gradually worked my way out of the habit. And I have only rarely ever regretted getting rid of a book. These days, I would rather just borrow things from the library, and then give them back when I am done. And I find giving them back is nearly as satisfying as taking them out in the first place. I have saved around $12,000 dollars by letting go of this buying habit.
SilverLining:
--- Quote from: moonlight on December 14, 2006, 04:59:17 PM ---HI ya tjr100
So we got the book thing in common hey....what I did not tell you that makes it even harder is some of my books were given to me by my sweet mom and she would
read a book about art history or a bio of a writer in the 1920's etc but she would know she was going to give it to me and in the margins are her hand written comments to me ...........
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Hi moon. One of the things I have done in this kind of situation is keep nothing but the notes. All of this stuff fits nicely in a small box. I probably will never look at these again either, but that's just me.
It's an ongoing challenge. I still have a couple of shelves of books I think of as "reference" even though I haven't opened them in years. Then there's that old quilt made by my grandmother that's been sitting in a bag for the last 20 years..... :)
Hopalong:
Read about an online resource for OCD issues including hoarding.
I don't qualify as a hoarder, I don't collect...but I am ADD, still disorganized, let things slide, get overwhelmed.
On deadline right now, so functioning like crazy. But feel stressed and overwhelmed on the domestic side.
Thought maybe this resource would be interesting for clutterbugs, and wanted to revive this thread regardless.
http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/
love,
Cluttered messy Hops
Portia:
I reckon it's a function of aging! The stuff just accumulates...
however: I have lots of stuff - duck tape, WD40, set of screwdrivers, big hammer, old blankets, tin trays that are probably over 50 years old - that I use and are useful. To throw them and then do the things i do with those things would mean spending money on new stuff -what's the point?
We buy foodstuffs now that are packed in containers that our grandparents would have paid good money for. And we chuck the containers out as worthless- but then go and buy new plastic water spray bottles for example. Insane. We buy cheap tat paintbushes and rollers and throw them away after one use instead of cleaning them (ok not all of us do that). If it's old and it works, it doesn't need replacing. You don't chuck out a cooker just because it's old! But people do, all the time, because they want clean new built-in stuff. Because they're told that's what they want.
I think I could easily chuck out all my work paperwork - all those agencies I went to see (who I never got a job through) ,all those applications and notes of interviews, all that gumph from training courses. Maybe it's time for a couple of my once-sharp work suits to go too...although i can still fit into them. Maybe not. After all, a classic jacket used to be almost forever.How times have changed!
BonesMS:
I'm painfully aware that, due to my ongoing struggle with Depression and other physical ailments, my home is BADLY cluttered and I have been trying to get rid of stuff that I no longer need, which is currently complicated by the medical issues going on now. The biggest part is that many papers have to be shredded because of the personal information they contain. (I don't want to risk identity theft from dumpster divers.) The Community Shred only happens once every six months and I need to shred more frequently than that. My little shredders that I have are not powerful enough to handle the amount and stop frequently...forcing me to wait several hours for them to cool down before I can resume. To add to the frustration, Mr. Birdbrain LOVES to re-clutter whatever space I manage to clear out and thinks he's being so cute and funny about it! GRRRRRRR!!!!!! :P
Bones
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