07-08-14, 05:52 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Canada
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I'm in the process of decluttering right now as I have way too many. I was worried about getting rid of something I would want but like others have said, I could reacquire it if I really missed it. So far I haven't missed anything I have gotten rid of - a lot of them I don't really remember at all. I realized I was collecting instead of using a lot of DVDs so that make it easier for me to start the decluttering process.
It's taking me a few passes through the collection to declutter. Like others have posted, I'm getting rid of ones that I don't enjoy and know I will not do again even if they are "good" as well as ones that I have had for awhile but just don't reach for. I'm also getting rid of workouts that I used to enjoy but don't anymore (like step ones - I'll keep a couple but getting rid of most). I'm also getting rid of ones that I have had for a long time but never tried and know I won't end up trying anytime soon. That made it easy to get rid of a few. Now I'm working on the ones that I'm on the fence about. For some of them, I'll watch them and it is easy to decide to get rid of it. Others I am keeping for now but are being set aside and if I don't do them or don't enjoy it enough when I do it next time, they are gone. I'm donating mine to charity so that helps too - at least they can make use of it by selling it and someone else can enjoy the dvds. I find the more I get rid of, the better I end up feeling about the ones that I have. It was stressing me out to have so many DVDs that I was never going to do even if I tried one every single days for the next few years - not to mention trying to decide which ones to do. My goal is to only have enough ones to fit in the storage containers I already have. If I get anything new, it means something else has to go. |
07-08-14, 08:48 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: SC
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Thanks every one!
I decided to start tonight and pulled out everything I know I dont like but was keeping for some reason! Also I think its a great point that I don't need every workout made by instructors I like. I am also purposely getting rid of dvds that require a lot of equipment I feel better already! |
07-08-14, 09:48 PM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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My collection has never been really huge, maybe 125-130 at the most. Although for the past 5 years or more it has hovered between 65-85, right now it's around 70. I wouldn't mind getting it down to 60, or better yet 50 but maybe I will make that a long term goal.
I have gotten rid of lots of DVDs over the years, and can think of a couple dozen that I have reacquired, only to get rid of most of them again. The only ones I can think of that I have not unloaded a second time are a couple of Michelle Dozois workouts. Since she is one of my go to strength instructors now, they will likely stay put this time. But I have purged a lot of Firms (now just down to my favorites), all of my Cathes but two, all of my KCMs but one and a host of other DVDs. So far no regrets. I have a small box of videos to sell or donate but haven't done either yet, I may add a few more but really need to make sure I am ready to let them go. I would really like to limit any future reacquiring if possible. I have a few to purge but not tons. I am decluttering overall in general, it's a slow long term project but I hope to things a lot more simplified in the next 5 years. I am downsizing my closet, my bath and beauty products, and well DVDs. I am realizing as I get older that I just don't need as much stuff anymore. Except my book collection keeps growing, thanks to school. |
07-08-14, 09:53 PM | ||
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07-08-14, 11:00 PM | ||
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Australia
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I've looked at my own things in a new light, imagining my children doing the same for me. Yes, my comment above was indicating that I don't want to cull my workouts, but I've done a lot of other culling!
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