Hoarding - Springing Ahead

Byatt

Merry Christmas everyone, thank you for being there for me, even though I rarely post now. :A

I'm actually ok right now, fire lit, candles lit, puss cat cuddled into me, my DD's out with her friend at the moment so enjoying a drink myself. We've planned the buffet food for tomorrow, although I will probably make some roasties to go with it.

Certainly more at peace with myself this year, so the day at a time has very much worked for me.

Take care of yourselves, all of you...:)

calicocat

Just wanted to post a thank you to everyone for the feedback I have had about my friend.

Happy Christmas to all and hope you all enjoy your day.x

whitewing

Have a very Merry Christmas, Hoarders. May you all find peace and happiness. Thank you for being my friends and helping me have a better life. Love you all.

ginnyknit

All quiet here, just having a cuppa on my own....aaaahhhhh peace! Very low key affair here, hubby has been in bed since 10 am yesterday so have enjoyed a different Christmas and have to say I quite like it. :j

Plans of de-richarding going round in my head but no stress can tackle it later. even we get a day off today guys. Hope you all have a lovely relaxed day with people you love and that the ratty relatives who judge us all stay home with a cold or something xx

parsniphead

Oh well after a number of months decluttering with the help of this site I now feel that I have to start again. How many toys does one child need.:eek:

Merry Christmas everyone. I will be back with you full time from tomorrow as Boxing Day is usually a productive one for me.

But for now a bit of tea and relaxing.

lobbyludd

merry christmas everyone, I want to thank you all for sharing your trials and triumphs here, has helped me more than you can know.

stellata

Just wanted to delurk n say many many thanks for this thread over the last few months. Ive a lot to do and a long way to go but I believe I can do it.
Thank you.

dktreesea

I wonder if debt acts like an anchor for stuff. I had hoped to do a bit better paying down the debt this year than I actually did, but we had a good December so I celebrated yesterday - Merry Christmas, fellow stuff collectors - by paying off my credit card, in full. It hasn't come up for air since I first got it, over two years ago, so it's great it's finally free and clear. Now for the rest of them :-)

Maybe if we didn't have the thing that financed the stuff anymore, (I've decided debt qualifies as a "thing" to be got rid of), it would be easier to get rid of the stuff?

I don't really enjoy shopping anymore, even for Christmas. I bought things people need this year. No "nice to haves". And even then, I was wandering around the shops thinking things like "space stealer" about the things and "debt generation factory" about the shops. I still like buying things for the business, because they just hang around a short time and then flow on through, like a steady, and sometimes fast, flowing river. It's the stuff that thinks it's moving in permanently that I don't like.

We have just ditched a lamp that has been on about 3 times in the last two years. We tried to give it away to a friend of my OH, but he already had a lamp and thought - how novel - that one was enough and he didn't need another one, even a free one. Then it broke on the way back (clearly having to move out was traumatic for it) so never came back into the house.

calicocat

dktreesea wrote: »

I wonder if debt acts like an anchor for stuff. I had hoped to do a bit better paying down the debt this year than I actually did, but we had a good December so I celebrated yesterday - Merry Christmas, fellow stuff collectors - by paying off my credit card, in full. It hasn't come up for air since I first got it, over two years ago, so it's great it's finally free and clear. Now for the rest of them :-)

Maybe if we didn't have the thing that financed the stuff anymore, (I've decided debt qualifies as a "thing" to be got rid of), it would be easier to get rid of the stuff?

I don't really enjoy shopping anymore, even for Christmas. I bought things people need this year. No "nice to haves". And even then, I was wandering around the shops thinking things like "space stealer" about the things and "debt generation factory" about the shops. I still like buying things for the business, because they just hang around a short time and then flow on through, like a steady, and sometimes fast, flowing river. It's the stuff that thinks it's moving in permanently that I don't like.

We have just ditched a lamp that has been on about 3 times in the last two years. We tried to give it away to a friend of my OH, but he already had a lamp and thought - how novel - that one was enough and he didn't need another one, even a free one. Then it broke on the way back (clearly having to move out was traumatic for it) so never came back into the house.

It is for sure this with me. I don't even have a computer as would be too tempted to on-line shop. I work 4 nights a week so this definitely slows down the spending . I'm miles better now, but could still splurge at any given moment and collect more stuff, and don't have lots of debt, but years ago I did.

Years ago I walked into russel and Bromley, figured it was a fab idea to take up the kind woman's offer of a store card and half an hour later was £1,800 lighter...!!!

Yet with food I am very sensible and cook everything and waste nothing...however this I think is more down to preferring HM and not trusting ready-made more than a money thing.

My house is very sorted now compared to a year ago and i'm determined it won't get cluttered up again and not buying stuff is going to have a part to play in that.

I want to be mortgage free as soon as I can, so hopefully I will stay focused on that rather than the dreaded 'stuff'.

I'm mentally trying to count how many lamps I have now....15 I think...but that is over 6 rooms.

GreyQueen

Happy Boxing Day, evereyone. Hope all is well with the world.

I'm finding less satisfaction in things. The thrill of acquistion often dissipates in an hour or so. Not that I live with a futon and an orange crate, but I do have a very small flat and there is an immeidate correlation between the addition of even a shopping bag's worth of "stuff" and a loss of quality of life.

Yet everything I own, including the contents of my allotment shed and my bicycle, would easily fit into a 7.5 tonner Luton van.

The thing is, I don't feel in want of anything. It would be lovely to have enough space to sit my friends around a table when they come over, instead of perching here and there, but they're my friends and know how I live and still come to see me, even if it isn't House Beautiful etc etc.

Today I have acquired about 20 dwarf french bean seeds which my Dad had dried and reckoned weren't enough to bother with planting, but added to about my 20 saved ones, they will be worth planting next year on my allotment. If the parents are about at the right time, they could even have some of the produce.

I was given some money at Christmas. Some will pay for my archery lessons (happy experiences, no clutter at all) and the rest will be enough to pay for a spare hard-drive, which was something I intended to buy anyway and won't take up much space.

I will also set myself a wee project; to read at least one of the books on the shelf per month and get rid of. Gave a previpus book to kid bruv the online bookseller and he logged onto his pooter on Xmas morning and found it had sold for £15 which made him smile.

May we all enjoy more of less for 2014.