STUFF!!!...yes it's all the things that we accumulate over the years - and before we know it - it's either taking us over or we just throw our hands up in the air wondering where to start to do a massive clean up and get rid of some of it....well that's usually the plan huh...but yep!...even that goes totally awry at times!
Which is what I'm going through right now!
You see for me 12yrs ago I didn't have ZIP! Unfortunately after meeting a very unscrupulous character - to cut an extremely long story short - he fleeced me and my son for nearly everything we had - and *sigh* suffice to say tis a reason I am extremely wary of people and their intentions...
Oh damn!...and I thought therapy had worked!!..lol
Ok - cut to the chase - come forward 12yrs - and well - my accumulation in regards to my craft has gone through the roof!
I've been saying for weeks now about to doing yet again - another mass clean-up of my studio - which by-the-way - looked quite ok some 4mths back...here's a pic to prove it...
Well put it this way...this gleaming almost tidy studio didn't last long at all!
Through sheer unadulterated CBF frames of mind - tidying up after I made something went to the dogs. Add to that having one very active, hurricane-on-legs 19mth old grandson who is into everything! come and stay, saw numerous things that could be "thrown, broken, shaken, piffed, tossed, trampled-on" etc removed from his reach and yep!...you got it - the safest place for them was in my studio!!
So the *dumping ground* got larger and larger...and in this past week every time I look around yet more *STUFF!!* seems to be multiplying at a rapid rate of knots...'xcuse the pun!. *grin*
Well - today was *D-day* - meaning *De-stash Day*.....HA!!! yeh right! Or so I thought it would be *D-day* - until I started going through things and I realised that I have stuff sitting in here that I haven't touch nor used in almost 10yrs!!
Hmmm!..I come from a family whereby *hoarding* has happened and I rued the day when I too could be slapped into the same category - but when it comes to shoes - clothes and things within my studio....OMG!! I'm a hoarder!
Actually - think I'll stick with what was said to me some years ago - I accumulate things because so much was *stolen* from me that I feel the need to replace it to feel ok....oh K-rap!..even that sounds bad!!...LOL
All this has got me to thinking, do we get things because we actually need them or because we just want to say we *own* them? You know - does our *STUFF* very much become almost like a status symbol and define us?..and that if we don't *have it* we feel we aren't able to join in conversations about said *STUFF* ???
Or are we just kidding ourselves by having all this *STUFF* - and giving ourselves a false sense of reality in the vain hope and probability that *some day it will come in handy*!!???
So am I alone on this - or do you too suffer the same or a similar type of fate?? By all means please leaves comments, would love to know how this affects others.
Other than that and till next time...remember....keep smiling - it's FREE!
cheers
Which is what I'm going through right now!
You see for me 12yrs ago I didn't have ZIP! Unfortunately after meeting a very unscrupulous character - to cut an extremely long story short - he fleeced me and my son for nearly everything we had - and *sigh* suffice to say tis a reason I am extremely wary of people and their intentions...
Oh damn!...and I thought therapy had worked!!..lol
Ok - cut to the chase - come forward 12yrs - and well - my accumulation in regards to my craft has gone through the roof!
I've been saying for weeks now about to doing yet again - another mass clean-up of my studio - which by-the-way - looked quite ok some 4mths back...here's a pic to prove it...
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| OMG!!...clean!! ....but not for long!! *sigh* |
Through sheer unadulterated CBF frames of mind - tidying up after I made something went to the dogs. Add to that having one very active, hurricane-on-legs 19mth old grandson who is into everything! come and stay, saw numerous things that could be "thrown, broken, shaken, piffed, tossed, trampled-on" etc removed from his reach and yep!...you got it - the safest place for them was in my studio!!
So the *dumping ground* got larger and larger...and in this past week every time I look around yet more *STUFF!!* seems to be multiplying at a rapid rate of knots...'xcuse the pun!. *grin*
Well - today was *D-day* - meaning *De-stash Day*.....HA!!! yeh right! Or so I thought it would be *D-day* - until I started going through things and I realised that I have stuff sitting in here that I haven't touch nor used in almost 10yrs!!
Hmmm!..I come from a family whereby *hoarding* has happened and I rued the day when I too could be slapped into the same category - but when it comes to shoes - clothes and things within my studio....OMG!! I'm a hoarder!
Actually - think I'll stick with what was said to me some years ago - I accumulate things because so much was *stolen* from me that I feel the need to replace it to feel ok....oh K-rap!..even that sounds bad!!...LOL
All this has got me to thinking, do we get things because we actually need them or because we just want to say we *own* them? You know - does our *STUFF* very much become almost like a status symbol and define us?..and that if we don't *have it* we feel we aren't able to join in conversations about said *STUFF* ???
Or are we just kidding ourselves by having all this *STUFF* - and giving ourselves a false sense of reality in the vain hope and probability that *some day it will come in handy*!!???
So am I alone on this - or do you too suffer the same or a similar type of fate?? By all means please leaves comments, would love to know how this affects others.
Other than that and till next time...remember....keep smiling - it's FREE!
cheers
You´re NOT allone!!
ReplyDeleteFirst: I wouldn´t give it that deprecative name "stuff". I call it "material" and that word leads you back to yourself right away and shows that you are a creative person! Which is absolutely positive, isn´t it!? Creative people need inspirational input and a huge stash, that´s a very simple fact.
I wonder why they put that into question again and again! Just because all the uninspired rest of society - filling their time with cleaning up daily - makes us believe they are better human beings?? Ridiculous!
Now, I admit that I have one loss experience too. When I was 9 my parents took me to Argentina for 3 years, far away from my beloved grandparents and my friends etc. I have my probs with those cut roots still today...so maybe you could interprete my stash as a consequence from that event too, but I refuse to look at it that way!
I´m a creative person! I´ve always been! And I´m proud of it. I have the best excuse for chaos one can have!
Of course you have to go through things and organize them from time to time, try to throw "stuff" out, but keep all the inspiring rest - that´s important for you!!
Hi5, sista! ;-))
Lol Kris!!...thank you!!
DeleteSo glad I am not alone in these stakes...
And yes so true - it is *inspirational material* at the best of times...but oh dear - in my case some of it seriously is just *stuff!!*...lol
Oh definitely I am a creative person and am proud of it too...but I think I've almost outdone my excuse for the *chaos* that gets created when the chaos has nothing to do with creativity!!..lol
Hmmm...tis rather interesting hearing you too going through a loss and the way you interpret how you view your stash...
Ah well! Make us all different hey! Would be a rather boring world if we all agreed on every issue - viewed everything the same and had the same outlook on everyday events and happenings huh!
Hmmm!...give me chaos and *stuff!* any day!!...LOL!!
Thanks heaps for the feedback Kris - it's always nice to read of others *sharing* a similar trait!
...and yes! to the Hi5 sista!!
cheers
Suzi