Comments on: Mind Over Clutter – Is It Really That Complicated? http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/ If you catch me sitting in a rocking chair, it's because I'm tying my running shoes. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patti http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Patti Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:02:32 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-698 Hey Scott, I can't say as I practice what I preach here as well as I should. I do tend to hold onto anything that I deem valuable or has sentimental meaning. Although, I was tested once. I was forced to leave my house one time due to a fire in the neighborhood that could possibly be spreading to the other houses. The fire fighters couldn't guarantee they would be able to get it under control. I wasn't given much time. As a matter of fact, they were very anxious to get me out of there. So, after about 30 seconds of being rooted to one spot, looking around my house, I grabbed my cat and left. That's it. I thought "how do I choose?" No matter what I would choose to take, if the house burned to the ground, I would always mourn what I left behind. There was no way to come out of that feeling good. Fortunately, I didn't lose my house or my belongings. I did learn something valuable though. Even with that lesson, I still save memorabilia and often fear that it may all be lost some day. (We live in a hurricane area.) I have started to distribute what I can - giving it to other family members so my junk, errr.... memorabilia, is scattered about the countryside. That feels a bit better, but I have a lot more to clean out. It will feel good when I get to the point I would like to be - clutter free in mind, body, spirit, and closets! Thanks for commenting! Hey Scott,
I can’t say as I practice what I preach here as well as I should. I do tend to hold onto anything that I deem valuable or has sentimental meaning.

Although, I was tested once. I was forced to leave my house one time due to a fire in the neighborhood that could possibly be spreading to the other houses. The fire fighters couldn’t guarantee they would be able to get it under control. I wasn’t given much time. As a matter of fact, they were very anxious to get me out of there. So, after about 30 seconds of being rooted to one spot, looking around my house, I grabbed my cat and left. That’s it. I thought “how do I choose?” No matter what I would choose to take, if the house burned to the ground, I would always mourn what I left behind. There was no way to come out of that feeling good. Fortunately, I didn’t lose my house or my belongings. I did learn something valuable though.

Even with that lesson, I still save memorabilia and often fear that it may all be lost some day. (We live in a hurricane area.) I have started to distribute what I can – giving it to other family members so my junk, errr…. memorabilia, is scattered about the countryside. That feels a bit better, but I have a lot more to clean out. It will feel good when I get to the point I would like to be – clutter free in mind, body, spirit, and closets!

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Scott Irv http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Scott Irv Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:53:17 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-693 Both my mother and father are serious hoarders. They have spent their lives running from everything and not dealing with anything, including all that junk. Memories are nice but if we can not process them and use what we learn without keeping some object, then we haven't embraced the spiritual part of us. We haven't fully integrated or processed things fully. We want to pass things on, but it is lessons, not objects, that we can best pass on. Love a person and that will go with them forever. Objects can be lost, stolen, or destroyed and do not guarantee that any good will be learned from them. That's is my thinking at this point. Both my mother and father are serious hoarders. They have spent their lives running from everything and not dealing with anything, including all that junk. Memories are nice but if we can not process them and use what we learn without keeping some object, then we haven’t embraced the spiritual part of us. We haven’t fully integrated or processed things fully. We want to pass things on, but it is lessons, not objects, that we can best pass on. Love a person and that will go with them forever. Objects can be lost, stolen, or destroyed and do not guarantee that any good will be learned from them. That’s is my thinking at this point.

]]> By: Patti http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Patti Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:18:51 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-240 Great idea about scrapbooking pictures of your stuff. I know what you mean about the memorabilia... I can't bear to part with all those birthday cards (they're antiques, after all!) and other sentimental things. But, you know, taking pictures and scrapbooking them is a very clever way to 'have your cake and eat it too'. Thanks! Great idea about scrapbooking pictures of your stuff. I know what you mean about the memorabilia… I can’t bear to part with all those birthday cards (they’re antiques, after all!) and other sentimental things. But, you know, taking pictures and scrapbooking them is a very clever way to ‘have your cake and eat it too’.

Thanks!

]]> By: Patti http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Patti Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:15:32 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-239 Thanks for the tip about "Hoarders" on A&G. I certainly will check it out. My clutter wasn't quite so obvious when I had a bigger house! ;) Thanks again! Thanks for the tip about “Hoarders” on A&G. I certainly will check it out. My clutter wasn’t quite so obvious when I had a bigger house! ;)

Thanks again!

]]> By: Stefani M. http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Stefani M. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:13:38 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-238 I got tired of some boxes of memorabilia, so some of it I kept, but other stuff... I took pictures of and scrapbooked! Haha! Take that clutter! I got tired of some boxes of memorabilia, so some of it I kept, but other stuff… I took pictures of and scrapbooked! Haha! Take that clutter!

]]> By: Schroeder http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Schroeder Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:47:34 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-237 Patti, check out a program on A&G called Hoarders. OMG ... talk about an eye opening experience. I have a minor problem with hoarding (thank God) but i am always looking to throw out / give away / donate stuf that i dont use. S Patti, check out a program on A&G called Hoarders. OMG … talk about an eye opening experience. I have a minor problem with hoarding (thank God) but i am always looking to throw out / give away / donate stuf that i dont use.

S

]]> By: Patti http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Patti Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:35:12 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-185 Hey there Lyle - If clutter is synonymous with brilliance, then I am a genius! But, seriously, you have a valid point there. I saw a report on CBS Sunday Morning one day when they were walking around everyone's offices, showing off their clutter, and, WOW, I've got nothing on those folks! So, there has to be a certain amount of "free-range thinking" going on in order for the mind to wander and think great thoughts, eh? I will embrace my office clutter and keep my decluttering efforts limited to the rest of my house. Thanks for your thoughts! Hey there Lyle – If clutter is synonymous with brilliance, then I am a genius! But, seriously, you have a valid point there. I saw a report on CBS Sunday Morning one day when they were walking around everyone’s offices, showing off their clutter, and, WOW, I’ve got nothing on those folks! So, there has to be a certain amount of “free-range thinking” going on in order for the mind to wander and think great thoughts, eh? I will embrace my office clutter and keep my decluttering efforts limited to the rest of my house. Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: Lyle Robinson http://remarkablewrinklies.com/2009/mind-over-clutter-%e2%80%93-is-it-really-that-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Lyle Robinson Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:10:54 +0000 http://remarkablewrinklies.com/?p=238#comment-183 Hi Patti and thanks for the post. As far as I'm concerned clutter is a reflection of who we are. I watched a documentary a while back and clutter was mentioned as being synonymous with brilliance. And who am I to prove them wrong...:) See ya... Lyle Hi Patti and thanks for the post. As far as I’m concerned clutter is a reflection of who we are. I watched a documentary a while back and clutter was mentioned as being synonymous with brilliance. And who am I to prove them wrong…:) See ya…

Lyle

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