tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post8545561767120856905..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: HoardingKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-23616424896835030722015-10-06T22:54:52.010+01:002015-10-06T22:54:52.010+01:00Coralie - wow! That's truly amazing progress! ...Coralie - wow! That's truly amazing progress! Really, really, really proud and delighted for you :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-4154454414148870242015-10-06T20:18:32.476+01:002015-10-06T20:18:32.476+01:00Ha Ha, I think I know who your talking about!
If I...Ha Ha, I think I know who your talking about!<br />If I get rid of my things, then that amazing something i am going to make out of it all one day, wont ever happen!, which will therefore stunt my growth in the developmental and creative process of my future Artistic ability. ( if that makes sense)?<br />But yes your right, I have a hoarding disorder, which i am finally confronting. The stairs are now clear, my bedroom more like a bedroom and my hallway now allows a more medium build person access. Ive been taking stuff to charity shops and book/ clothes skips. I have the best help, in the form of a really funny book, which i have to keep referring to when i feel myself lapsing from time to time ' The secret of how to win Freedom from Clutter' by Don Aslett. I highly recommend this book.to all hoarders out there, as it brings to light the absurdity of being a hoarder, in a really amusing way.!Coraliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490795230919692394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-8253439381495297902015-09-15T15:54:19.851+01:002015-09-15T15:54:19.851+01:00Tamra - thank you - and welcome to my blog! Thanks...Tamra - thank you - and welcome to my blog! Thanks for taking the time to comment :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-85834854461417377312015-09-15T15:30:25.818+01:002015-09-15T15:30:25.818+01:00Great writing. We have a constant donation pile:)...Great writing. We have a constant donation pile:)...but yes, as an artist/ writer...those scraps...lil paper piles...cleverly piled...love your angle.<br />TamraTamraKihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224991751594320032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-70005695225701290952015-09-01T18:01:25.123+01:002015-09-01T18:01:25.123+01:00Z - Sorry to hear of your loss. I hope it's no...Z - Sorry to hear of your loss. I hope it's not too long before you're finally clear the hoardings.<br /><br />Hope - Photos are an extraordinarily difficult one to deal with. I have tens... no, make that hundreds of thousands of photos on my hard drives. I'm better these days at getting rid of ones shortly after I've taken them, but in the early days I kept every photo I took on the digital camera, and now there are just too many to go throughKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-34184402567010953552015-08-26T14:26:37.315+01:002015-08-26T14:26:37.315+01:00My problem isn't hoarding per se, just being t...My problem isn't hoarding per se, just being too sentimental. And all my family knows it! So when they feel the need to clean out something family related, they tend to want to leave it on my doorstep. I finally made the decision that if it didn't have a purpose other than, "this use to belong to your great great whoever", I politely say no. Because when the aunt I took care of died, I had to deal with 40 years worth of hoarding. I knew it was bad when I found a bathing suit I remembered her wearing...when I was six!<br /><br />I have "idea" files too, which I made myself clear out once. And some days I still think, "Why did I get rid of that story idea?! Now I know how to fix it."<br /><br />The only "thing" I can't bear to part with is all the photos, etc. from my genealogy work on the family. Oh sure, I've scanned everything and stored it on a flash drive. But the thought of throwing out someone's face, smiling up at me, is still hard. I knew it was just me the day I tried to share those photos with other family members and they either laughed or ignored me.<br /><br />Well, at least you're in good company. Because we aren't lazy, we have our reasons. :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-69363347529080707472015-08-25T20:08:57.212+01:002015-08-25T20:08:57.212+01:00Having spent the last year dealing with the stuff ...Having spent the last year dealing with the stuff my late husband hoarded, a task that is still ongoing, I'm cured of all inclinations to hoard. When I find it hard to focus, it's because there is so much to do and sometimes I can't cope with it. I even gave away about 400 books a couple of months ago - not much, but a start because they were mine, not my husband's. I've no longer any capacity for the indulgence of dreams. I'm not at all sure if this is a sad thing or not, but it'll be a relief, eventually, to be free.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com