It's 10:15 and I am up with Baby Squiddy. During my baby shift, I watch Clean House. Totally love that show!
I'm watching now and I just keep wondering why the hell people hold onto things they admit they no longer need or use. Usually, it seems they have some symbolic or emotional attachment, I get that, but really? Do you need 90 pairs of shoes like this lady? Do you need the first bedroom set you bought as an adult, which is a symbol of your independence, to still see yourself as independent?
Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I have no problem clearing out closets. I always have a bag or a box set aside for charity.
I know it's hard, but there comes a point where you have to move on,
- admit when you aren't going to be as thin as you were at 25 and let the clothes go
-admit that you have a hubby and family and don't need all the stuff you bought for your single life!
Please!!
Watching these shows makes me want to give away EVERYTHING, so I will never be up to my butt in shopping bags and balled up clothes!
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I have to be careful too that my fairly recent environmentalism, which includes a desire to reuse or find a new home for things rather than throwing them away, doesn't lead me back down the hoarding path. I know it's in my blood, so I have to stay conscious of it to avoid it!
One thing I've noticed about hoarders though: Unlike people who suffer from many other psychological problems (such as shopping/spending addicts), they are, almost to a person, sweet and kindhearted and sensitive people who just misdirect those good feelings onto inanimate objects. My mom is exactly that. It almost makes it sadder that they are trapped in their obsession, because they have the potential to be such giving, loving people and do so much for others, but instead they are sort of stuck in one place.
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although, my hubby's aunt is a hoarder, and for her , she loves to shop. It didn't become a problem until she got diabetes and her mom died. it's gotten way out of hand since then.