Comments on: so much stuff… https://ahippiewithaminivan.com/blog/so-much-stuff/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: Emily H. https://ahippiewithaminivan.com/blog/so-much-stuff/#comment-3132 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:57:19 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=4163#comment-3132 I totally identify with your slow acquisition of things. I feel that I don’t shop often, and because things come from thrift stores or garage sales they are always gotten at a “great price.” But it is slowly getting out of control and I need to acknowledge and grab hold of the reins. Thanks so much for your honesty.

]]> By: Joanna https://ahippiewithaminivan.com/blog/so-much-stuff/#comment-3131 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:14:27 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=4163#comment-3131 In reply to Joanna.

I forgot: there’s an interesting blog about simplifying… http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2011/11/10/simplify-inside-out-amazon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+becomingminimalistcom+%28becomingminimalist.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

]]> By: Joanna https://ahippiewithaminivan.com/blog/so-much-stuff/#comment-3130 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:02:38 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=4163#comment-3130 great post!
i think that in life and as a society, when we come from the materialy poor side, we need to indulge for a while in the oppulence to after be able to consciesly downsize. because our society makes us think that STUFF is happiness! and that’s not true… but it seems as human beings we NEED to pass through this phase to after let go… just like the southern countries all want a car, a big house etc, the american dream… people in america are reading books and trying to live simply!

]]> By: gen https://ahippiewithaminivan.com/blog/so-much-stuff/#comment-3129 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:32:12 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=4163#comment-3129 Thanks for your honesty! Find comfort in the fact that you’re not the only one dealing with this 🙂 By the way, you’re not allowed to see my basement, haha

]]> By: Tez https://ahippiewithaminivan.com/blog/so-much-stuff/#comment-3128 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:38:36 +0000 http://paxye.com/blog/?p=4163#comment-3128 I HEAR your struggle with clutter busting, and I relate to it. I dislike letting things which are usable and possibly worth money, go…but oh it builds into mess so quickly *ahem, my fabric stash* I KNOW I can totally come up with projects to make with the fabric, and my heart sings to feel it and imagine….but realistically, not in 100 years will I have time to make all the projects floating in my head!
Clutter of other sorts is a problem too. I have often wondered if the poverty my girls and I lived in for so long is what makes it so difficult to let stuff go…the knowing of the cost of it, and the fact it is useful still and to get rid of it opens the possibility that it would be needed and not attainable….so they struggle with clutter too. I love your system though, the “not touched in a year” pile will likely be my biggest!
At this point in my life, my house constantly a state of not only mess but often filth because being ill for 2 years has really precluded housework and my busy husband can only keep up with so much. I think when I’m well, I’ll save for a maid service for a week to catch me up!

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