tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post2710163603312538586..comments2024-03-14T00:19:26.271-07:00Comments on Tracy Reifkind's Training Food and Thought: Rags A-plentyTracy Reifkindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07868257020358013257noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-86118682505491935562011-11-04T18:49:11.920-07:002011-11-04T18:49:11.920-07:00Diana,
As true as it may be that we use our frien...Diana,<br /><br />As true as it may be that we use our friends and love our things, it's also sad that phrases like that exist :(Tracy Reifkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868257020358013257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-38368848882026402282011-11-04T06:23:54.337-07:002011-11-04T06:23:54.337-07:00People are made to be loved and things are made to...People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. The confusion in this world is that people are used and things are loved!<br /><br />Kudos to you for helping to change this unfortunate phenomenon!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677754284276322596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-69974791351598240952011-11-03T19:50:19.472-07:002011-11-03T19:50:19.472-07:00Maribel,
I'm getting a lot of good insight in...Maribel,<br /><br />I'm getting a lot of good insight into what is really going on with me....and I'm over the $$ value of stuff.<br /><br />My resistence comes with things I've collected through the years that I see are "one of a kind". Whether it's a peice of art work, a vintage collectible, or a "one of a kind" deal I got on something I once valued for it's aesthetics or collectibility. The memorie of digging through a box at a garage sale and finding something I thought was a treasure. <br /><br />I couldn't bat an eyelash at giving away expensive designers clothes or brand new stuff or even furniture, those things have little hold on me.<br /><br />I'm going to be writing about what I've discovered in how you describe physically clearing clutter also "clears cluuter from the mind"<br /><br />I learned a long time ago the true meaning of value. Back in my days of selling at the flea market I would always say that something is only worth what someone will pay for it! And most people don't want to pay much!<br /><br />I'm not torn about getting rid of my stuff, I'm torn about HOW to get rid of it!Tracy Reifkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868257020358013257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-39486404860092636422011-11-03T19:21:18.600-07:002011-11-03T19:21:18.600-07:00I have the same issues, but more so with guilt to ...I have the same issues, but more so with guilt to throw something out. The way I've dealt with it is to not buy. Or if I do buy, I usually get rid of something. In other words, I'm more discriminating of what I'll buy. Kind of like your sister with the more expensive blouse? That's a very European way of thinking. Very progressive. <br /><br />The Swiss do the same thing, they buy very few, but very good quality and classic clothes that will last. We're used to cheap, "disposable" clothes. I know I've changed that habit and I like it much better.<br /><br />Remember this morning how you were saying you were torn on how to get rid of stuff? Here's the logic I use for that. If it's something I paid a lot of $$ for, I feel guilty because, well it was expensive! But the way I see it is, it's taking space, I pay for that space. Giving it away clears my mind because clutter, well clutters my mind and that right there is worth every penny I have just "lost" over the item. Does that make sense?<br /><br />Anyhow, you just reminded me, I need to go through my rag drawer too. LOL.Maribelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154525905299973420noreply@blogger.com