The mirror and lamp has fallen into the wait till later catagory mamy times and it makes me afraid it will never leave at this rate. I know I must face it, although it maybe should go behind things of less importance and then off to thrift at that point unless my needs and wants have changed by then. Will just hope that whoever ends up getting them loves them as they are very nice and not cheap either.

I am with you and no you did not give me the wrong idea about the need part. I get the need, love and use as important to keep in mind for all items. As far as how I work, well I try and have focussed on one room making good progress that way...although it seems I am jumping around working some in one room for awhile and then off into part of another room. There is so much to do that I think for me it is best this way and maybe all rooms slowly improve at the same time this way?

MW.....that is so awesome and congrats on getting through your clothes. One bag to trash, one gave away and the rest put away! Very inspiring :) I hope one day I can say the same thing here, although for now cannot begin to think about project clothes :(

Smart choice going in 30 minute clips, as I find with bigger projects 15 is just not enough as am just starting to get a rhythm or footing at that point or even starting it(sometimes it takes time to just wrap head around what to do and how to tackle or get into a task).

Awwww.....you have shoes missing too. Hmmm, I wonder if your socks and shoes are in on it togethe! Funny thing is I have not found myself misplacing socks or shoes for the most part, althoug did find just one really cute shoe the other day and hope to find it's mate....despite it having not been expensive they are cozy and cute.

Bravo and thank you ladies :)

xxo

Well I did get a bag of clothes for give away and a bag of trash and everything else is put away probably better than I have ever had it. So a good day's work. I think if I did around I do have more clothes to go through and I have a bag of mix matched socks waiting a little longer to find a match before they get tossed or worn as is. :-)

My husband doesn't have an issue with his stuff and he offers to get rid of my stuff if I'm not able to.

I think you are right about the 30 minutes. I have taken way too many breaks today, but I have gotten more done than usual.

I'm working on my clothes, but it's not going as fast and easy as I had hoped. When I first got started I separated things into stacks which works best for me. If I can see that I have 20 pairs (example only) of pants it's easier to let go of some. I did forget to do the 15 minute thing and so I started out great .... then got tired and sat down. So now I'm going back at it with the 15 minute plan.

Also my first round I put all my socks in a pile and none of them matched each other, then I found some more stuff and did get three to match. One of my feet is not very good about putting things where they belong because I can remember before finding a bunch of shoes for one foot and the other one had hidden the shoes that go on it. :-)

My plan for the socks is to put a safety in one and pin them together when I take them off.

One funny story in all this, I had gone to a friends house over last weekend and wanted to clean out my car before I went. My husband had taken all the clothes from the bottom of my closet and put them in bags for me to sort through. When I cleaned out my car I put everything in the cleared out bottom of the closet thinking he would not see it until this weekend when I got a chance to work on it. Not the case - he cleaned it out too :-) but at least he didn't go through it and that's part of what I'm going through now.

Good points ladies. No way, I do not want to be slowed down in my progress or regretting already made decions.

Yes, that is weird I promised t buy the book. Guess I felt with all the quesions and posting that maybe it makes me a burden here, so I better smarten up and buy the book? Silly I understand now..

Thinking about past crafts, I do not any longer enjoy looking at them, although I guess attach a memory or experience to them...just as an item I do not love that reminds me of another who has passed or am fond of. When an item feels attached and related to a relationship/person/experience, it is not confusing to see how the association is there and feels like comfort. Likely not a good enough reason to keep or allow something to take up space....unless it is LOVED!

There are many things we can do with many materials such as picture frames, jars, old ribbons and wrapping etc. I am very artful and crafty, while feeding that part of myself is seeming not to be the priority and in fact even trying to hold that space may be getting in the way of other more important goals :( Have also noticed that taste and value can both change over time with esthetics and sentiments, although am thinking is time to be ruthless(as ruthless as possible whiel keeping to move forward without any regret).

MW--Great and very enthusiastic weekend plan you have ahead. At first I was thinking you were planning to do that with everything you own, although even to do with clothes is far beyond my skills. Thank you so much for sharing your strategy. Appreciate your sharing about your paitings, as it reminded me of one of mine that is not even framed currently....so will see if there is a suitable frame. If you do not love the paintings that is hard as it sounds mean to yourself to destry or doante your own work. Altough maybe it is not? Maybe you can donate what you do not love and someone else will love it...just think long and hard before doing it ;) Look forward to hearing about how your weekend goes... Courageous woman!

Dianne---Thank you for everything you said and most of all, that the priority is to have clean speace! Please keep repeating if you feel ok to do so, as that is probably the most powerful grounding piece of information that some decisions will need to be checked against.

So the moral of the story seems to be that anything that gets in the way of the bigger picture and goasl(creating clean space) does not get to play AND whatever not really attached to, donate!

One last and final question about a couple items please and thank you. So I have a mirror that was my grandmothers that I do not care for, along with a crystal lamp from my mother. Both of them I was prepared to part with around the picture frame regret time and then a well meaning person shared how beautiful the mirror and lamp was. Now it made me feel I should keep them and still have both. Yes, they are nice and pretty....yet I do NOT love them. So if the whole point is to only keep what is loved and not just becasue of who it is attached to, then they should go. So hard making these decisions...

Boxes, bags seem to be so commen among our community. I have put a few items near the door to go to donate, as well as am hoping to part Wonder if all items should be if they are not LOVED they leave?

Feedback fellow friends and thank so much for your sharing and insight ladies :)

I do have a good plan and hope it works out. I love to do crafts, sew and paint but because of too much stuff I have not done any of these in a while. Still I think I may run into material in the throw away pile that would make a good puppet or doll.

Now I need to be a little more realistic. I have to be careful about that kind of thinking.

I think I posted on the wrong message board, but I don't see a way to delete.

In my comment I said sort my stuff (by that I mean clothes) I will not be sorting all my stuff this weekend.

G I don't so much have picture frames that I love. I have a lot of pictures that I have painted that I don't love, but have sentimental value to me. You have made me think about what I can do with them. I have bought pictures just for the frames. I have never really made a plan for them. I like your collage idea. I have spent so many years not knowing what I love that seems like a big step in a good direction.

My plan for the day/weekend is to go through my closet/floor/etc and sort my stuff into four groups

1. stuff that no one would want or is in bad shape for trash

2. stuff that I don't like or feel I can part with for give away

3. stuff I want to keep for some reason to deal with later (I'm hoping to not make this group too big)

4. stuff I love and do wear or would wear if I was able to find it. These I will put up so I can wear them.

Hi Guys,

Thanks so much for all of your support here. As much as I am relatively new to this board and have really only had consitent contacy with Dianne(thank you Diane), am noticing a tremd here with boxes and bags. Just the other week I was perplexed about eh bag/box situation here and while work yet has to be done to work through to a resolution.....know am not alone. Are we all related? ;)

So another question I have that I would really appreciate and LOVE feedback on is pictures and picture frames. Many months ago had started gettting rid of pics and frames untila dear friend informed me about how frames can be repurposed and also, thay some buy old pics just for their frames. They are a great friend and am glad it brought attention to that use. Slowed me down and made me think even to the point of some dreaded regret of pics in frames I had let go of.

Now this evening/morning was looking around wondering what I could do, as well as set up mantle in a way I love and noticed many of the several pictures in frames I do not LOVE. Now maybe it is temporary and am just in a mood, although whil I do not want to regret letting go of pics and frames......am having trouble knowing what to do. Part of me thinks oh the ones I do not like frames of, just remove print so it can be used later or even in a cool collage perhaps(like monet prints etc.). Another part of me thinks even if I do not LOVE the frames, keep them and spray paint to then use to decorate with or put something else in.

Am once again confused and am feeling blocked by this very large block. Am really wanting to move past it. If I was to only keep what I love regardless of sentimental value, many would go out the door easily. Although that part of me that regretting parting with some already that had craft ideas or thinkgs even if I let go of frams, that some prints could make fun art project etc.

Promise to order the books, although does anyone here have any experience with pictures that they did not love, although had much potention in many ways? Any decisions and results a person loved and has no regrets over?

Hoping this gets easier with time and really appreciate the support and any ideas and information either based on experience or just an opinion to take into account.

COmmited to moving forward and know this is and will be a big snag to leave as the snag I got caught in in the summer, has yet to be resolved and do not want to put head in sand or come back too much later since at this point with challenges feel it would be avoidance and procrastination.

Will not be the end of the world either way, although as most of you know or maybe also have experienced....decisions are tough and sometimes when we make ones we regret it makes it harder to let go of similar/same item in the future. Just want a beautifule space in the end and these items have been gathered together for several moths and put aside, although do not want to do so again.

Any suggestions, experience and ideas around pictures/picture frames/prints in them would be most appreciated and is desperately needed.

Thank you!