07-10-14, 12:05 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Texas
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I'm glad to see this thread. I'm on vacation this week and realized that I am on my way to being a hoarder. I like to knit and have a s*&(load of yarn. I also have a ton of exercise dvds that I never do. About six months ago, I put a bunch of workouts in some plastic storage bins in my closet and I haven't once thought of pulling any of them out. I have about 200 that are going to Goodwill tomorrow. I wanted to take them to the library, but I don't have a car and Goodwill is just across the street. Now I have extra space and storage bins to store my overflowing yarn stash, but I plan on whittling that down a bit. I could probably not buy any more yarn ever and not get close to using it all up.
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07-10-14, 12:09 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I personally have a mental problem with clutter. I don't like to see it and I don't like to know that it's hidden behind doors. We're in the process of decluttering the worst part of our house this summer (been here 15 years and it definitely shows). It's really difficult, but it feels great to re-home stuff that doesn't have value and is never going to make it back into the living space. The hardest part for me are those items with sentimental value. I still have a couple of containers of baby clothes (my baby is 15, LOL) and artwork from their school years. I'm hanging onto that stuff for now, but I'm at least getting rid of old school papers and that sort of thing. Baby steps.
I find workout videos easy peasy to declutter compared to life stuff!
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07-10-14, 02:08 PM | ||
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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and my dad.... he never purges anything. we've purged a few things behind his back, but it pales in comparison to what he can't let go of. just last week, my mom mentioned she's worried about having to clear out everything (or, rather, her children - us - clearing out everything).
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07-10-14, 03:05 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I'm another one who cannot get rid of workouts---never mind DVDs---I still have VHS tapes! Have been planning to convert the videos to DVDs...
I have thought of getting rid of the workouts that I will probably never do again. But the old Firms---I would never get rid of them. I still think they are great workouts, along with my vintage Cathe, Kari A, Karen V, Kathy S, and Gin. |
07-10-14, 03:43 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Texas
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Maybe I need to watch a few episodes of Hoarders to put me in full-on decluttering mode. My husband is a packrat who refuses to get rid of ANYTHING! Our dining room table is crammed with all kinds of crap. . .forget about eating off of it! I bought one of those folding tables that stores the chairs in it. Now, I just need to get my husband to clear off the old table, Ha! I must go now. I'm hyperventilating just thinking about it!
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07-10-14, 05:08 PM | ||
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Location: Canada
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07-10-14, 05:33 PM | ||
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Canada
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07-10-14, 06:14 PM | |
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Northwest
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One good thing about being over 60--decluttering is so much easier! Even the sentimental stuff, but especially those boxes of never-used VHS and DVD workouts. After all, I'm not going to be around forever. Now that I've (sort of) come to terms with the idea of my own mortality, I have a more realistic sense of what I might actually be able to accomplish AND what my body is willing to do. And bandwagons don't tempt me as they once did, so I likely won't be stockpiling.
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07-10-14, 07:01 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Kuala Lumpur
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I have a box of DVDs I would love to give away. But I don't know anyone in my country who would use them. Working out with DVDs is relatively unknown in these parts so I can't even think of a place that will take them in as donations.
International shipping is getting expensive to use the share the wealth here. I am trying to figure out how to get rid of them and still have them find a good home. I am sentimental that way. I want them to have a chance to be appreciated when I get rid of them. |
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