tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187932308050720746.post2932125004685605466..comments2023-09-19T23:43:16.453-06:00Comments on Syzygy of Me: I Need to Simplify (WARNING - RANT!)Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921796643732720523noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187932308050720746.post-2458473908127141692011-04-16T07:47:56.924-06:002011-04-16T07:47:56.924-06:00I feel your pain. Trying to figure this out takes ...I feel your pain. Trying to figure this out takes soooo much mental and emotional energy. I do feel better for having let some stuff go, and probably need to let go of more. It's just stuff. One thing I've found that helps is gathering stuff I think I want to purge and storing it in a distant corner of the basement (as far away from my craft room as it's possible to be in our house!). I date the boxes, and if I haven't retrieved anything from it in a year, I take the box to Salvation Army...without opening it. (Well, i try not to open it....) I figure if I didn't need anything in it during the past year, I probably won't need it in the coming years. <br /><br />Good luck!Susan Raihalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187932308050720746.post-19567995169612636142011-04-14T12:16:30.626-06:002011-04-14T12:16:30.626-06:00Purging is tough isn’t it? I had a purge a couple...Purging is tough isn’t it? I had a purge a couple of years ago on stuff I’d kept since I was a baby, I’m now 56. I cried buckets when I let them go; then I trashed the lot, some may have been worth something, but how do you put a monetary value on sentiment, I know I couldn’t? The stuff has gone but the memories remain and I like the extra space. Must be a spring thing but I’ve been purging my craft room too this week. I need to be more discerning when I buy; I tend to buy because I like, without thinking about if I will actually use it or if it suits my style of card at present. Last year I was into patterned paper, flowers, embellishments, this year I prefer the simpler, less cluttered style and some of those patterned papers make me cringe, what was I thinking? They’ve got to go, I have to stop thinking of all that money I spent on them and think about the space letting them go will create.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818137365328935538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187932308050720746.post-35521834793900221152011-04-14T06:46:53.461-06:002011-04-14T06:46:53.461-06:00Yep, I can sure sympathize. I have been planning ...Yep, I can sure sympathize. I have been planning a big purge in the basement storage and my spare closets. Do I really need the hardside luggage I got when I graduated from HS...no wheels? But DH is a packrat and goes through garbage and keeps things. As far as stamps, unless I really hate them, I found I miss some I have got rid of. There is a Herb set my DD took and I wanted it SO bad the other day. Was panicked when I thought I sold a set I needed to make something. I have quit purging stamps and paper. My craft stuff is MINE, other crap can go!Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967139527505564733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187932308050720746.post-3997707566940853202011-04-14T04:10:17.984-06:002011-04-14T04:10:17.984-06:00I don't usually buy impulsively, and I do try ...I don't usually buy impulsively, and I do try not to get caught up in the latest... One thing that helps is to concentrate on new techniques rather than new stamps. Still, I have ro purge my "tower" every few months and give away some of the things I haven't touched in over a year. Check out my blog for some organizing tips!Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365905998420493841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187932308050720746.post-57595618613546106552011-04-13T15:09:56.415-06:002011-04-13T15:09:56.415-06:00Ooooo now you sound like me -- forever simplifying...Ooooo now you sound like me -- forever simplifying and get rid of stuff! My husband says I'm dangerous when I get in moods like that, he's forever searching trash cans/goodwill bags to be sure I haven't discarded some "treasure."<br />I can honestly say that I don't miss anything I've gotten rid of -- so guess that proves I didn't need it anyway.<br />When I "purge" my stash - I get rid of things that I haven't touched (or thought of touching) in a year's time....except for stamps and paper. <br />I do weed out stamps...especially if they were part of a goodwill bag or box lot.<br />I used to buy any good deal I saw (stamps at Big Lots for 99 cents, calendars with cool images for 10 cents, ribbon clearance etc. etc.), but now I'm to the place that I talk myself out of it BEFORE I exit the store and thereby save myself from needing to "purge my stash" quite as often. <br />When I clean out - I usually pass the stuff I'm getting rid of on to my 15 yr. old sister in law who is just starting out in paper crafts and LOVES anything and everything I give her!Esther Asburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07976210985279724724noreply@blogger.com