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I got a new roof put on the end of last week. The company told me I can have the dumpster for a few extra days, so I spent all weekend purging stuff! I got rid of so much. It felt so good to clear out things. Apparently they cannot get the dumpster until tomorrow, so I am going to do another look through the house to see if I have anything else.
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10-25-21, 11:32 AM | |
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I've been doing well with tossing and/or donating many items.
But, there are a few boxes of ancient memorabilia. (I know we all have them.) I braved opening one and found my old Girl Scout uniform, my First Communion dress and purse, and other things from my childhood. Also, items that had belonged to my late sister as a child. Lots of old family photos. I had to step away from the box. Nobody will ever want any of it, but I just can't deal with that much emotion at the moment. Do you guys have many boxes like that? What do you do?
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10-25-21, 12:20 PM | |
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Yes! Mostly I ignore them.
Need to get rid of this sense of inertia about it, though. The only technique I have is to try to consider whether or not I'll ever truly need whatever is there. If it's some treasure from my past, does it serve as a reasonable memento? Downsizing is a major goal for me.
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10-25-21, 09:57 PM | |
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Alta mementos are very difficult to deal with. Sometimes it's all a part of timing on when you can be more equipped to handle. I think you did well walking away. There's something about letting it have some time to decide. I do know I recently purged a memento because I realized every time I looked at it...all it did was make me sad. I just don't need that ... especially nowadays.
There have been some items we have donated to museums because they had some value for familial collections. Pictures I gathered, sorted and boxed and offered to family. They held no value for my children but other relatives seemed happy to have a chance to look them over. Sherry you have been BUSY! How wonderful to get so much done... congratulations!! Anna you sound like you're well on your way with food planning! I still have problems adjusting to fewer humans and had to freeze half a pot of soup myself. DCW I think that's a fantastic Christmas card idea!! I'm going through my kid's old schoolwork and it's pretty hard to make quick progress. I actually have made myself purge through this before but these items are harder to decide to purge. I get all misty eyed and reminisce. I only made it through two drawers but it may take me at least year at my current pace
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Another thing in general that's helped was learning about keeping some little containers of activated charcoal in the refrigerator to manage odors. I keep mine in some little mason jars with plastic shaker tops. They weren't much for storing herbs, but they work perfectly for this. I change out the charcoal (from the pet section, aquarium filter supplies) once a month or so. It mostly helps keep me on track monitoring the contents of the fridge, which reduces waste and neglected food supplies.
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10-26-21, 07:16 PM | |
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Alta - That's hard. I have a box like that. I moved it to Raleigh and I've avoided it ever since. I guess when I do deal with it that I'll need to decide what the criteria are for what to keep and what not to keep and apply those criteria to that box.
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