tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527687942378659129.post8193070284632631920..comments2023-11-30T03:28:57.342-06:00Comments on Million Dream Mom: a weight on my mindKristi Nommensen Dorsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08326921721243987437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527687942378659129.post-11574398566261718222009-11-01T16:35:46.209-06:002009-11-01T16:35:46.209-06:00Tis the season to de-clutter..fa la la la laaaaa.....Tis the season to de-clutter..fa la la la laaaaa...la la...la....la!<br /><br />Yesterday (with Ihor's help loading), I filled the bed of his pickup truck with stuff to give away to the local good will. After which, I was feeling much better and Ihor asked why I seem to enjoy giving away my things so much..and I replied with "It means that I own it and it doesn't own me!" Also, I find with practice (about every 3-6 months I reassess my crafts corner and my clothes to find stuff that I no longer use)...it's easier to admit to yourself that the thing that you found was so usefull has no lived out its usefulness.<br /><br />Fall always makes me go nuts about decluttering! I have a bad rug habit though (seriously, mostly from afghanistan)..and that is hugely space consuming...thats the next thing I need to take control over.<br /><br />Anyway! YEAY for flylady!Katehttp://www.survivinglove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527687942378659129.post-13839212475947531912009-10-30T12:26:22.258-05:002009-10-30T12:26:22.258-05:00Another thing I have learned. 3 years ago I packed...Another thing I have learned. 3 years ago I packed up most of my stuff except for my immediately needed items (clothes, dishes, etc) and put it all in storage, which is $50 a month. Now, 3 years later, as i go through the boxes I find it is MUCH easier to dump a lot of the items. I am a different person and what was important to me then just isn't now.<br /><br />Related to that... I have found myself actually able to throw in the trash completed scrapbook pages. Yes! While I could say "oh but these are my pictures and look how much time and money I spent in printing them out and scrapbooking them!" instead i had this thought (which might help you):<br /><br />"I had fun making these pages at the time. I enjoyed the process and I enjoyed having them the past few years. And that is good enough."<br /><br />Just like you DID get your money out of those items. You got the satisfaction of buying them when you wanted them, and the enjoyment of owning them all this time. Now you have wrung every drop out of that and they can go. So you are not losing anything.Meadow Walkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293562874997124746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527687942378659129.post-85860190728771004112009-10-30T12:22:08.434-05:002009-10-30T12:22:08.434-05:00I'm trying to move rt now and my mom told me t...I'm trying to move rt now and my mom told me to not waste the time to take th estuff to the thrift store. JUST TOSS IT she said,. Oh THAT was so hard! No no no! I said. <br /><br />But really sometimes I have to. I just have to.Meadow Walkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293562874997124746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3527687942378659129.post-11140547555914679222009-10-30T10:12:09.262-05:002009-10-30T10:12:09.262-05:00Yay! But, my record player and records can not ju...Yay! But, my record player and records can not just be given away - they actually are of value and once the house is clean I will clean them up and eBay them. And, I love you and IAWTP. Once the clutter is out of the way, our path to the future will be much easier to see!Your Husbandnoreply@blogger.com