POSSESSIONS!!!
Yes - those wonderful things we have and accumulate - Clothes - books - nick-nacks - EVERYTHING!!! ..and yes!!...this even includes *creative possessions*!!...and I no!!...I will NOT!! wash my mouth out!.. lol
How many times have you bought something on an *impulse* buy?? You know the type - the "Ohhh! - this is fab!..must have it!" - substitute the word *fab* for *cute - nice - gorgeous* etc - and you get the drift.
Thing is - most of those types of *purchases* - we don't really need - we just want them, and even worse - a lot of the time we don't end up using/wearing them - especially if it involves impulse buying of clothes.
They just get relegated into wardrobes - shelves, and items into - sheds - attics/basements (if you have one) and *cluttering up* our very existence - AND!!...at times the sheer volume of them can literally be making us *sick*...
How the hell can possessions make us sick?? I hear you say...simple!! Once we've accumulated so many possessions - we either become reluctant to *throw them away* - or *give it away* because it cost so much, so we throw items into a box on the premise to have either a *garage sale* - or maybe one day we'll actually just get rid of it!!...but not just yet...we might end up using it in hmmm! 5yrs time! yeh right!)
So we keep buying and hoarding unnecessary items -as said - be they clothes - books - nick-nacks - CDs - DVDs - the latest gadgets etc etc And yes!!...for those *creatives* of us - we too fall extremely foul of this!
We maybe in a slump with the *usual creating* we do and feel *ho-hum* with the world - and by jingo! - we just want to create something! And a friend shows us this thing and we think "Wow!!..I wanna do that!...it looks COOL!!"
Problem is - we have very little supplies to create this *new venture* with - and at times we have no supplies for it at all!...so what do we do!!??? WE GO OUT AND BUY MORE CRAP! to facilitate doing this latest *creative venture*.. Then after a while - we get *bored* with that - or our *creative juices* for the thing we are truly passionate about return - so! - we get back into that!
You see where I'm heading with this don't you??? Do the above 6 or 10 times!!...and you have 6 or 10 times the amount of *creative crap* than you previously had when your Muse took an overly extended holiday, and before long - you look round your *creative space* - and it's not just full - it's over-flowing with everything from *doing macrame - to decoupage styled work - to card making - to beading - to bead-weaving - to painting - to knitting - to sewing -to crocheting - to clay work - to wire work - to metal work...to just about any conceivable creativity known to man!!! (and I actually do ALL!! of the above and I felt tired even writing it all!! :/ )
But you just can't bear the thought of getting rid of anything because - ohh geee!!...what if you get into a slump again!!??? It may not happen for 2 - 3 or even 5yrs..or gosh! - even longer, but you spent a fortune on it all - and ohh!..yep! You could *destash it* - but damnit!! Most other people seem to have gone through the same creative slump and turned to the same *let's just create something* things - and they have a glut load too... So - you shove it all in boxes - and you store it away....then - you forget about it...
Now do the same things with clothes - books - CDs - DVDs - nick-nacks.. You buy things over time - but rather than getting rid of things you no longer use nor want - you store them.. And every time you open a cupboard or wardrobe - or go in the garage - or shed - or basement - or attic - or spare room......
There it all is - staring at you......so you shut the door, and an overwhelming sense of *omg dread* comes over you what with all the things there. You just can't bring yourself to do anything - so it stays put..
But it doesn't end there!!...sometimes you go on a *repeat cycle* of purchasing - forgetting what is in boxes stored everywhere - or exactly what clothes you have - because you can't get into your wardrobe properly and have no idea what you've already got..and you get MORE!!
I - my dear friends - have fallen foul of this to the MAX!!
I'd say *Yes!* - with glee - when a friend was cleaning out her wardrobe - so took all her cast offs...I'd say *Yes!! - when something was being gotten rid of by another friend that I thought useful and good - so bought it home.. And I too have added considerably to my *creative space* in the past 6yrs 10 FOLD!!..
And it all came to hit me the other day when I slowly started the arduous task of packing in preparation for our impending latest move. I too - even after clearing a shed out of a considerable amount of *unwanted - not needed or broken* items - looked at stuff in the house...and went OMG!!!!!!!!
At one point I ended up just throwing things into boxes...but haven't even scrapped the surface as yet and looked at the amount of boxes I'd already done and thought NOOOOO!!!..
So after developing one humdinger of a headache that lasted 3days because of it all (hence my *trimmed* down FB time of late)...to *relax* I turned to the net for some *down time*...and was looking up something I seriously love - and that's *Tiny Houses* (one day I aim to build and live in one!...seriously!)
Whilst watching one - a lady mentioned a book that helped her *declutter*. It's called..."The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up"..by Marie Kondo - Japanese guru in decluttering EVERYTHING!!!! in your life....and WOW!!!...talk about having a sudden epiphany/light bulb moment..etc..etc!!
It's BRILLIANT!!!..and really does answer sooooooooo!!! many things, and finally made me address why I've *held onto things* like I have... For me - it was something from my past - when a complete utter AH was in my life and literally stole everything bar the clothes I had - and a few other smaller items I'd stored at a friends place...other than those - EVERYTHING! went...even my car!!
So when I started *accumulating* the possessions again..I was reluctant to throw things away....and if someone was getting rid of something I thought very useful - even if I didn't use it myself - I'd take it!...NOT ANY MORE!!
I seriously recommend this book to EVERYONE!...especially if you too are in the position that your *possessions* are not only taking over your life - but engulfing you to the point you don't know where to start or how to go about becoming *detached* from those things...
The link I'm providing is an *audio* for the book - it is nearly 5hrs of listening...but it's damn well worth it!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BW2T71nmdk
And sorry this blog post is long - but I just wanted to share how this has given me such a HUGE! *Ahaaaa!! moment - so if any of you can identify with it too...you are not alone, and that book can help heaps!
In closing - can I just say - I'm actually looking forward to *decluttering* absolutely everything!! I'm looking forward to *having my house in order* and keeping only the things that truly give me that *special spark*... Onwards to clean and clutter free!! :)
....smile!...it's FREE!!
Yes - those wonderful things we have and accumulate - Clothes - books - nick-nacks - EVERYTHING!!! ..and yes!!...this even includes *creative possessions*!!...and I no!!...I will NOT!! wash my mouth out!.. lol
How many times have you bought something on an *impulse* buy?? You know the type - the "Ohhh! - this is fab!..must have it!" - substitute the word *fab* for *cute - nice - gorgeous* etc - and you get the drift.
Thing is - most of those types of *purchases* - we don't really need - we just want them, and even worse - a lot of the time we don't end up using/wearing them - especially if it involves impulse buying of clothes.
They just get relegated into wardrobes - shelves, and items into - sheds - attics/basements (if you have one) and *cluttering up* our very existence - AND!!...at times the sheer volume of them can literally be making us *sick*...
How the hell can possessions make us sick?? I hear you say...simple!! Once we've accumulated so many possessions - we either become reluctant to *throw them away* - or *give it away* because it cost so much, so we throw items into a box on the premise to have either a *garage sale* - or maybe one day we'll actually just get rid of it!!...but not just yet...we might end up using it in hmmm! 5yrs time! yeh right!)
So we keep buying and hoarding unnecessary items -as said - be they clothes - books - nick-nacks - CDs - DVDs - the latest gadgets etc etc And yes!!...for those *creatives* of us - we too fall extremely foul of this!
We maybe in a slump with the *usual creating* we do and feel *ho-hum* with the world - and by jingo! - we just want to create something! And a friend shows us this thing and we think "Wow!!..I wanna do that!...it looks COOL!!"
Problem is - we have very little supplies to create this *new venture* with - and at times we have no supplies for it at all!...so what do we do!!??? WE GO OUT AND BUY MORE CRAP! to facilitate doing this latest *creative venture*.. Then after a while - we get *bored* with that - or our *creative juices* for the thing we are truly passionate about return - so! - we get back into that!
You see where I'm heading with this don't you??? Do the above 6 or 10 times!!...and you have 6 or 10 times the amount of *creative crap* than you previously had when your Muse took an overly extended holiday, and before long - you look round your *creative space* - and it's not just full - it's over-flowing with everything from *doing macrame - to decoupage styled work - to card making - to beading - to bead-weaving - to painting - to knitting - to sewing -to crocheting - to clay work - to wire work - to metal work...to just about any conceivable creativity known to man!!! (and I actually do ALL!! of the above and I felt tired even writing it all!! :/ )
But you just can't bear the thought of getting rid of anything because - ohh geee!!...what if you get into a slump again!!??? It may not happen for 2 - 3 or even 5yrs..or gosh! - even longer, but you spent a fortune on it all - and ohh!..yep! You could *destash it* - but damnit!! Most other people seem to have gone through the same creative slump and turned to the same *let's just create something* things - and they have a glut load too... So - you shove it all in boxes - and you store it away....then - you forget about it...
Now do the same things with clothes - books - CDs - DVDs - nick-nacks.. You buy things over time - but rather than getting rid of things you no longer use nor want - you store them.. And every time you open a cupboard or wardrobe - or go in the garage - or shed - or basement - or attic - or spare room......
There it all is - staring at you......so you shut the door, and an overwhelming sense of *omg dread* comes over you what with all the things there. You just can't bring yourself to do anything - so it stays put..
But it doesn't end there!!...sometimes you go on a *repeat cycle* of purchasing - forgetting what is in boxes stored everywhere - or exactly what clothes you have - because you can't get into your wardrobe properly and have no idea what you've already got..and you get MORE!!
I - my dear friends - have fallen foul of this to the MAX!!
I'd say *Yes!* - with glee - when a friend was cleaning out her wardrobe - so took all her cast offs...I'd say *Yes!! - when something was being gotten rid of by another friend that I thought useful and good - so bought it home.. And I too have added considerably to my *creative space* in the past 6yrs 10 FOLD!!..
And it all came to hit me the other day when I slowly started the arduous task of packing in preparation for our impending latest move. I too - even after clearing a shed out of a considerable amount of *unwanted - not needed or broken* items - looked at stuff in the house...and went OMG!!!!!!!!
At one point I ended up just throwing things into boxes...but haven't even scrapped the surface as yet and looked at the amount of boxes I'd already done and thought NOOOOO!!!..
So after developing one humdinger of a headache that lasted 3days because of it all (hence my *trimmed* down FB time of late)...to *relax* I turned to the net for some *down time*...and was looking up something I seriously love - and that's *Tiny Houses* (one day I aim to build and live in one!...seriously!)
Whilst watching one - a lady mentioned a book that helped her *declutter*. It's called..."The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up"..by Marie Kondo - Japanese guru in decluttering EVERYTHING!!!! in your life....and WOW!!!...talk about having a sudden epiphany/light bulb moment..etc..etc!!
It's BRILLIANT!!!..and really does answer sooooooooo!!! many things, and finally made me address why I've *held onto things* like I have... For me - it was something from my past - when a complete utter AH was in my life and literally stole everything bar the clothes I had - and a few other smaller items I'd stored at a friends place...other than those - EVERYTHING! went...even my car!!
So when I started *accumulating* the possessions again..I was reluctant to throw things away....and if someone was getting rid of something I thought very useful - even if I didn't use it myself - I'd take it!...NOT ANY MORE!!
I seriously recommend this book to EVERYONE!...especially if you too are in the position that your *possessions* are not only taking over your life - but engulfing you to the point you don't know where to start or how to go about becoming *detached* from those things...
The link I'm providing is an *audio* for the book - it is nearly 5hrs of listening...but it's damn well worth it!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BW2T71nmdk
And sorry this blog post is long - but I just wanted to share how this has given me such a HUGE! *Ahaaaa!! moment - so if any of you can identify with it too...you are not alone, and that book can help heaps!
In closing - can I just say - I'm actually looking forward to *decluttering* absolutely everything!! I'm looking forward to *having my house in order* and keeping only the things that truly give me that *special spark*... Onwards to clean and clutter free!! :)
....smile!...it's FREE!!
