Letting Go of... Stuff...

jamainiac · November 2007

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??

know1 · November 2007

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??

Keep 'em in case your computer crashes.

justam · November 2007

I like getting rid of other stuff, but I usually keep music.

nfanel · November 2007

i love looking at my cd's...but i'm one of those people that does look at liner notes and cases. i have them all alphabetized and arranged on shelves. makes me happy to look at cd's.

jamainiac · November 2007

I used to have a great (huge) wall shelf, for cds, dvds, books, etc... and enjoyed keeping things organized and liked being able to look through my collections...

I haven't had space to do so in the past few years and now that I don't need to physically access the discs to listen to the music... they've been packed away and taking up space that could be better used...

As far as 'computer crashes' go... I have everything saved to an external drive and probably should get another drive and do another full back up before I sell these...

The fact that I'll probably make a few hundred $$ is also appealing

Books... now Books are another matter entirely...

nfanel wrote:

i love looking at my cd's...but i'm one of those people that does look at liner notes and cases. i have them all alphabetized and arranged on shelves. makes me happy to look at cd's.

decides2dream · November 2007

nfanel wrote:

i love looking at my cd's...but i'm one of those people that does look at liner notes and cases. i have them all alphabetized and arranged on shelves. makes me happy to look at cd's.

this is me.
i also DO listen to my cds, at home.....and i LOVE having them all alphabetized/on shelves.

altho i DO love clearing space, getting rid of *stuff*....cds and books never fall into that category. perhaps someday if i need to scale back more, move, need to scale down...but for now, thankfully.....i do have sufficient space for it all.

norm · November 2007

i know how you feel jams.....recently i've been waffling back and forth between organizing my cd's or boxing them up.....right now i'm thinking to put them on shelves in a closet......i kinda miss having my cd's organized and displayed....:)

jamainiac · November 2007

Hello My Friend

Funny that just before I saw your post I was thinking 'books'... I miss my books too...they're all jammed into a cupboard... Space is something I do not have... but I wouldn't like to have to get rid of my books... especially Cook Books! I even have tons of Food Mags that I hang on to... Gourmet, Bon Appetite... etc...

I listen to all of my music at home too... but have it all on my iPod... (checks iPod)... 6888 tracks

decides2dream wrote:

this is me.
i also DO listen to my cds, at home.....and i LOVE having them all alphabetized/on shelves.

altho i DO love clearing space, getting rid of *stuff*....cds and books never fall into that category. perhaps someday if i need to scale back more, move, need to scale down...but for now, thankfully.....i do have sufficient space for it all.

sennin · November 2007

Sounds like more than letting go of any stuff.....it's wanting the space you used to have.

audiodave · November 2007

I don't really have any "stuff" apart from books and CD's. No way any of that is going! I do listen to CD's aswell, a lot.

jamainiac · November 2007

sennin wrote:

Sounds like more than letting go of any stuff.....it's wanting the space you used to have.

hehe... well it's a bit of a catch 22...

but I'd like to learn that just because there's 'space' ... doesn't mean it has to be jammed with 'stuff'...

It's funny that in my head I think I'd like to be less weighed down with 'stuff' ... but the 'consumer' in me keeps calling out

and you're right... I do miss having space... but that's all about choice

soulsinging · November 2007

i still have a lot of cd's and buy more all the time. i like the actual cd and listen to them often. the only music on my computer is music i ripped from a cd i bought to listen to on my ipod. i often get rid of cd's though if i dont like them or listen to them. i take them to the shop to trade for other cd's

mine are all proudly displayed on my shelves alphabetically. i do the same with books and dvd's.

MattCameronKicksButt · November 2007

audiodave wrote:

I don't really have any "stuff" apart from books and CD's. No way any of that is going! I do listen to CD's aswell, a lot.

Same here. I collect CD's but I love throwing things out or giving them away. I find it therapeutic.

Ms. Haiku · November 2007

I've been working on a poetry project since February 2006. I was suppose to have the final manuscript completed this month, but I'm not even close. I've decided that today is the day I'm going to throw all the drafts in the recycle bin, and just let it go. It will be a great feeling!

It's a cookie baking/poetry project, and one person at work has nagged me and nagged me so much to bake cookies once he found out about this project, that my inspiration has just plummeted. Throwing these drafts away is TOTALLy worth shutting him the fuck up! The drafts aren't even good enough for drafts. Time to just bake cookies, just because

, and find other reasons to write poems. I still like writing poems while drinking a latte, but that gets expensive.

chiquimonkey · November 2007

i still like listening to actual CDs so i've hung onto 'em. i keep them in my bookcase along with my books

i suppose i could rip the files and get rid of htem, but i like the idea of the actual disc with the lyrics and all that good stuff.

i have old vinyls in the closet in a box, i haven't the heart to get rid of them. i went on a purge a few weeks ago which felt great, donated/threw out a bunch of stuff, but some things, like the vinyl, i'm still sentimental about

decides2dream · November 2007

i definitely like my *stuff*...especially the usable stuff, like cds, books, dvds, etc. however, i have other stuff that i adore.....beautiful objects.....or things from my past, and i have zero desire to get rid of em. i figure as long as i have the space, and i regularly purge some things, always keep it orderly/organized.....it's all good. i often wonder who i hold onto all *this* for, as i have no children, etc.......but i just don't care.

sooooo much of what i have reminds me of places i've traveled, people in my life.....or just my interests. it IS good to purge regularly tho, b/c having a BALANCE of stuff/space....is of premium importance to me.

jamainiac · November 2007

decides2dream wrote:

i definitely like my *stuff*...especially the usable stuff, like cds, books, dvds, etc. however, i have other stuff that i adore.....beautiful objects.....or things from my past, and i have zero desire to get rid of em. i figure as long as i have the space, and i regularly purge some things, always keep it orderly/organized.....it's all good. i often wonder who i hold onto all *this* for, as i have no children, etc.......but i just don't care. sooooo much of what i have reminds me of places i've traveled, people in my life.....or just my interests. it IS good to purge regularly tho, b/c having a BALANCE of stuff/space....is of premium importance to me.

... strangely enough...

When I was looking through my PJ cds... that have always been kept in drawer... separate from my other cds...

I came across a certain copy of 9/17/06 Milan... with the special postit still inside *smiles*

... that's when I 'knew' I had to put all the PJ back in its drawer

decides2dream · November 2007

jamainiac wrote:

... strangely enough...

When I was looking through my PJ cds... that have always been kept in drawer... separate from my other cds...

I came across a certain copy of 9/17/06 Milan... with the special postit still inside *smiles*

... that's when I 'knew' I had to put all the PJ back in its drawer

exactly. who could rid themselves of something like that?

i have a whole expandable folder for 'pj friends' and the goodies i've gotten. doesn't take up much space. and sure....i have a special framed photo from the gorge that i look at daily on my desk at work.

as i've said, it's all BALANCE. stuff is good....too much stuff is not....and it varies for us all.

i wonder if sennin still has a post-it with the words "brownies - no nuts" on it.

hahahaha.

sennin · November 2007

decides2dream wrote:

exactly. who could rid themselves of something like that? i have a whole expandable folder for 'pj friends' and the goodies i've gotten. doesn't take up much space. and sure....i have a special framed photo from the gorge that i look at daily on my desk at work.

as i've said, it's all BALANCE. stuff is good....too much stuff is not....and it varies for us all.

i wonder if sennin still has a post-it with the words "brownies - no nuts" on it. hahahaha.

haha! I actually saw that post-it the other day!

also says 11-22

decides2dream · November 2007

sennin wrote:

haha! I actually saw that post-it the other day!

also says 11-22

:eek:
GET OUT!

hahahaha.
*feels loved*

jamainiac · November 2007

sennin wrote:

haha! I actually saw that post-it the other day!

also says 11-22

exactly. who could rid themselves of something like that? i have a whole expandable folder for 'pj friends' and the goodies i've gotten. doesn't take up much space. and sure....i have a special framed photo from the gorge that i look at daily on my desk at work.

as i've said, it's all BALANCE. stuff is good....too much stuff is not....and it varies for us all.

i wonder if sennin still has a post-it with the words "brownies - no nuts" on it. hahahaha.

such sweetness

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