Letting Go of... Stuff...

Blanche

What know1 said.

I'd hate to imagine the unbearable silence after losing nearly 6700 songs.

Heineken Helen

jamainiac wrote:

I'm in the midst of cataloging my cd's to sell... what a mess

What compels us to hang on to material objects? I have all of these files saved on my computer...

Hehehe... I'm guessing you've seen into the wild recently?

I kinda like stuff... I dunno why we need it but I like looking at my complete mess of a disorganised pile of cd's and books and thinking I've lots which I don't really... if I organised and tidied them they'd probably look much less.

I like cd's though. I don't have an mp3 player or an ipod, I have a discman and I've a stereo beside the bed... and no computer... so getting rid of my cd's isn't a realistic option anyway

decides2dream

jamainiac wrote:

such sweetness

only if a box of brownies with no nuts arrive by 11.22. hahaha.


man, what a memory we collectively have eh? makes me appreciate/realize....just how long i know you and many others here....and sure, the connections made......and *stuff* accumulated.


i hope you still have your silver maple leaf ornament. i like to think of all the ornaments, magnets, etc...i've given friends over the years.....and hope they remember me in some small way when they decorate their tree, look at their fridge , hahaha......etc.

sweetpotato

jamainiac wrote:

I'm in the midst of cataloging my cd's to sell... what a mess

What compels us to hang on to material objects? I have all of these files saved on my computer...

I NEVER pull out a jewel case to look at liner notes, titles, etc...

Most of these have been in boxes for at least a couple of years... Anything that was purchased in the past few years... was basically opened... ripped ... and put back in the case... never touched again... In pristine condition...

Yet it seems to be physically 'tugging' at me to keep some of these...

Most of them don't matter... but when I type in another Pink Floyd or Portishead or Alice In Chains or Stevie Ray Vaughan...

I think... 'Can I really let these go'?

All of my Pearl Jam are still in a drawer in the living room... I can't even bring myself to list the titles in the Excel file...

I'm torn between wanting to let go and hang on at the same time...

T'wit T'woo... what to do??

i feel your pain. i am this way with basically two things in my life: books and baby clothes. in a keepsake box in my closet, there is a terry cloth stretchy that my older son wore when he was an infant (nearly 13 years ago...) that i simply cannot part with. oh, and a few of his baby toys, too. i have a little fisher price plastic cow- we called him "baby cow"- that he would carry around with him everywhere, clutched in his chubby left hand while doing other stuff with his chubby right one. how could i possibly get rid of that?????

and don't even get me started on my books. i could build a fairly good sized dwelling using just books for walls.

i think, for me at least, the emotional attachments made with certain items make them impossible to let go. i used to be worse, just a general clutterbug, but i've improved over the last few years, honing my obsessions down to a few categories.

my husband, of course, thinks that i am insane. oh, well.

jamainiac

decides2dream wrote:

only if a box of brownies with no nuts arrive by 11.22. hahaha.

... watch what you wish for ... it just might show up in your mailbox... I'm unemployed you know?!

decides2dream wrote:

i hope you still have your silver maple leaf ornament.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/NewBestFriend/Leafandprotector.jpg

... of course... and David had this great guy who now protects it... they 'live' on one of the speakers in the living room ... and I 'see' them every day

sennin

jamainiac wrote:

... watch what you wish for ... it just might show up in your mailbox... I'm unemployed you know?!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/NewBestFriend/Leafandprotector.jpg

... of course... and David had this great guy who now protects it... they 'live' on one of the speakers in the living room ... and I 'see' them every day

Ummm....I think that's the wrong leaf.

jamainiac

sennin wrote:

Ummm....I think that's the wrong leaf.

haha...

Nope... I think it's the right one...

haha...

I'm damn sure dreamn will set me straight ... if I'm incorrect

*waits nervously*

hahaha....

sennin

jamainiac wrote:

haha...

Nope... I think it's the right one...

haha...

I'm damn sure dreamn will set me straight ... if I'm incorrect

*waits nervously*

hahaha....

I'm pretty sure I brought that leaf home for you from Yellowstone. That's no maple leaf.

Earthgirl

im finally letting go of the 10 boxes of my parents things that have been stored in my basement since they passed away. I have kept things that have meaning.. pics and family antiques.. but the rest of it was just sitting there and I think I was just holding on to it because I felt if I gave it away I was giving a part of them away.. and that was betraying them.
I feel good finally letting go. sigh.

jamainiac

jamainiac wrote:

haha...

Nope... I think it's the right one...

haha...

I'm damn sure dreamn will set me straight ... if I'm incorrect

*waits nervously*

hahaha....

OH DEAR!!!

DREAMN... Don't bring the wrath upon me...

I've been set straight on the leaf...

I thought it was the one you sent...

Apparently I'm off my rocker

*hangs head in shame and goes to dig out box of Christmas stuff*

jamainiac

sennin wrote:

I'm pretty sure I brought that leaf home for you from Yellowstone. That's no maple leaf.

Christ! and I thought I was a Canadian!

I'll show that to the INS when they come to deport me...

I can't go to Canada...

I don't even know what a Maple Leaf looks like

sennin

decides2dream wrote:

only if a box of brownies with no nuts arrive by 11.22. hahaha.


man, what a memory we collectively have eh? makes me appreciate/realize....just how long i know you and many others here....and sure, the connections made......and *stuff* accumulated.


i hope you still have your silver maple leaf ornament. i like to think of all the ornaments, magnets, etc...i've given friends over the years.....and hope they remember me in some small way when they decorate their tree, look at their fridge , hahaha......etc.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when you flew out for the Gorge show I had a brownie, a diet pepsi and some Mike's Hard Lemonade in the cooler for you.

decides2dream

sennin wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when you flew out for the Gorge show I had a brownie, a diet pepsi and some Mike's Hard Lemonade in the cooler for you.

i don't recall a brownie?
i DO remember the mikes tho, very sweet indeed.....and yea, diet pepsi? i believe THAT was for a certain SENROCK! i am a diet coke girl. but sure, i felt loved.



btw - your PM box is full.


and yes jams, you're looney, made me think *I* was losing it, b/c i was pretty certain i sent a silver maple leaf b/c of the 'canuck connection'....hahaha. i DO however have a few leaves like the one david got you, so was thinking.....hmmmm. leave it to the younger man to set the old ladies straight. hahaha.

sennin

decides2dream wrote:

i don't recall a brownie?
i DO remember the mikes tho, very sweet indeed.....and yea, diet pepsi? i believe THAT was for a certain SENROCK! i am a diet coke girl. but sure, i felt loved.



btw - your PM box is full.


and yes jams, you're looney, made me think *I* was losing it, b/c i was pretty certain i sent a silver maple leaf b/c of the 'canuck connection'....hahaha. i DO however have a few leaves like the one david got you, so was thinking.....hmmmm. leave it to the younger man to set the old ladies straight. hahaha.

HAHA! Maybe!

I must be old now.

decides2dream

sennin wrote:

HAHA! Maybe!

I must be old now.

or to keep on topic...we all just have too much *stuff* physically and mentally.......



it's not the world that is heavy, it's the things that you save.


there's an appropriate pj quote for just about everything, eh?

jamainiac

decides2dream wrote:

i don't recall a brownie?
i DO remember the mikes tho, very sweet indeed.....and yea, diet pepsi? i believe THAT was for a certain SENROCK! i am a diet coke girl. but sure, i felt loved.



btw - your PM box is full.


and yes jams, you're looney, made me think *I* was losing it, b/c i was pretty certain i sent a silver maple leaf b/c of the 'canuck connection'....hahaha. i DO however have a few leaves like the one david got you, so was thinking.....hmmmm. leave it to the younger man to set the old ladies straight. hahaha.

haha...

THAT IS TOO FUNNY!!

I was getting all jealous...

Brownie *pouts* ... Mikes *pouts* ... Diet Pepsi *pouts*

I didn't get anything in the cooler... *LAUGHS HER ASS OFF*

haha...

Thank you for setting the record straight dreamn

sennin

jamainiac wrote:

haha...

THAT IS TOO FUNNY!!

I was getting all jealous...

Brownie *pouts* ... Mikes *pouts* ... Diet Pepsi *pouts*

I didn't get anything in the cooler... *LAUGHS HER ASS OFF*

haha...

Thank you for setting the record straight dreamn

I'm sure I brought something for you! Something?

decides2dream

jamainiac wrote:

haha...

THAT IS TOO FUNNY!!

I was getting all jealous...

Brownie *pouts* ... Mikes *pouts* ... Diet Pepsi *pouts*

I didn't get anything in the cooler... *LAUGHS HER ASS OFF*

haha...

Thank you for setting the record straight dreamn

yea well i think you got something else. hahahahahaha.
i seriously can't remember now about the brownie or not? seems david isn't much better memory-wise either. and laura hsn't been around in AGES to set all our arses straight. but, since he DID remember the mike's lights....and still has the post-it.....we'll just alter the memory banks and put the brownie in there, b/c it is sweet.

jamainiac

Earthgirl wrote:

im finally letting go of the 10 boxes of my parents things that have been stored in my basement since they passed away. I have kept things that have meaning.. pics and family antiques.. but the rest of it was just sitting there and I think I was just holding on to it because I felt if I gave it away I was giving a part of them away.. and that was betraying them.
I feel good finally letting go. sigh.

back to the matter at hand...

Yes... I know how it feels to let go of 'material objects' that have significant meaning to us... but that in the grand scheme of things... really need to be let go of...

I know it's hard to do ... but often the catharsis we need...

I think to truly 'feel' pieces of those who leave this world before we do... carried inside of us... is the best way we can 'hang on' to what they left behind... I call mine my 'HeartPocket'... and it's filled with wonderful bits and pieces of memories... of people I have loved and lost...

jamainiac

sennin wrote:

I'm sure I brought something for you! Something?

decides2dream wrote:

yea well i think you got something else. hahahahahaha.

:rolleyes:

a couple of commedians you two are...