well, i thnk your values cross over a bit into psychological baggage. But that doesnt make you unique, its true for all of us.Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
Balance in all things.
well, i thnk your values cross over a bit into psychological baggage. But that doesnt make you unique, its true for all of us.
Balance in all things.
Thank you, Dr. Lilies.
This is what dehoarding looks like - today I found the legs to the plastic shelf. I was looking for them this past weekend. I had not seen them in months (perhaps over a year?) Because the shelf was taken apart in the "empty the basement for construction" project.
i realize that ultralite angler can touch everything he owns in less than an hour, but when you are digging out from hoarding - having something be lost for less than a week is a big deal. Dd2's birth certificate was lost for 7 years.....
How does this make you feel?
Pretty happy. Proud of myself.
i'm working on tossing the negatives right now. That is really really hard. I have a sick feeling in my stomach. I had to take a break. I'm trying to go fast and not think about it very much.
Well, you are moving in the right direction.
Why does tossing the negatives bother you so?
I threw away one pound, seven ounces of negative strips. Just the negatives. The paper envelopes are getting recycled.
i kept half an archival photo box of duplicate pictures to deal with later, and the negatives from the photos dh took of ds one afternoon when ds was 4 mos old (a really good photographer with a really good camera)
i emptied a paper ream box. Then I stuck all the scrapbooking stuff that was in the wobbly pile of 10 shirt boxes into labeled file folders and put the file folders in the paper ream box. I realize I am churning, but I got rid of over a pound and a half of negatives and there is no longer a pile of shirt boxes on my work surface. (There is a pile of crushed shirt boxes that I jumped up and down on on the floor - because the recycling bin is totally full. It goes up tonight. I will clean them up tomorrow)
i feel exhausted.
we posted at the same time. Negatives - sentiment, connection to the events/people, what if something happens to the photos....
Rare indeed the hoarder who knows what this is and owns up to doing it.
some of your posts are sad because it is so hard for you to get rid of things. However, you don't give up which I think is great and keep making progress. Hope it gets easier with time.
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