|
|
|
01-19-2010, 09:42 AM
|
#1 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
Queer femme submissive Relationship Status:
Married Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 969
Thanks: 1,449
Thanked 4,263 Times in 678 Posts
Rep Power: 21474852   |
Today, I got rid of...yay!
Okay, so call me the Billy Graham of purging, but I'm an avid believer in the idea that when it comes to possessions, less is best - less things to clean, less things to tidy, less things to fix, less things to have to worry about.
So, I'm starting this thread for the sole purpose of encouraging others to get rid of their 'shit.' Donate it, give it away, sell it, or stick it in the trash, I don't care what it is, if you don't need/use/or even like it, it's time to let it go. I'll start. Today I got rid of... 1. A bunch of non-recyclable carrier bags that were taking up way too much room on my kitchen door. (-> Charity shop/thrift store.) My kitchen door thanks me. 2. Half a dozen chocolate/biscuit containers left over from Christmas. (-> The center my daugher attends for baking class.) So okay, they're good for storing cakes and biscuits - but all of us are trying to lose weight so why waste valuable space by keeping them? (My kitchen cabinets thank me.) 3. A pile of old newspapers/newspaper souvenirs from 1900 through 1940 or so. I bought them at an auction ages ago because they were extremely cheap. Out of all of them, however, there were only two that I really wanted so the rest I'm sending to our antiques/collectables unit. (The floor underneath my desk thanks me.) So, what are you getting rid of today in the hope of de-cluttering your life? (And if you're not getting rid of it but don't need it/use it/like it...why?) Inquisitive minds want to know... Words |
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 10:08 AM
|
#2 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
Queer Feminist Femme.... Preferred Pronoun?:
She Relationship Status:
Single and Singular.... Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: New York City....
Posts: 277
Thanks: 855
Thanked 644 Times in 166 Posts
Rep Power: 4423416 |
Lets see, today..I'll remember to take the pile of plastic, to the store that has a container to collect them and recycle them.
I could be getting rid of many more thinsg, and have to work at it. Will drop back and maybe share : 0 |
|
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 10:28 AM
|
#3 |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
Femme Preferred Pronoun?:
m'lady 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,000
Thanks: 1,834
Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts
Rep Power: 21474853 |
First...a shout out. Words darlin...thank you for starting this thread!
I told myself that this new year would be a year of minimization. Out with the old, the cluttered, the things I don't need. And now I have a thread to keep me on track. YAY! lol
__________________
  Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi |
|
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 01:01 PM
|
#4 | |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
Queer femme submissive Relationship Status:
Married Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 969
Thanks: 1,449
Thanked 4,263 Times in 678 Posts
Rep Power: 21474852 |
Quote:
 So...what's going first? |
|
|
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 01:04 PM
|
#5 |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
Femme Preferred Pronoun?:
m'lady
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,000
Thanks: 1,834
Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts
Rep Power: 21474853 |
Recycling the pile of old magazines that I have been keeping forever....saving for a recipe, or an article, etc... Time for them to go!
__________________
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi |
|
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 01:24 PM
|
#6 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
Trans Preferred Pronoun?:
He Relationship Status:
Partnered
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SouthTexas - On the Gulf
Posts: 694
Thanks: 210
Thanked 430 Times in 162 Posts
Rep Power: 505007 |
Lots of paperbacks that are cluttering up books shelves. We are going through all our books over the next two weeks to see what to keep and what to get rid of. Some will go in a yard sale this spring (along with a pile of other stuff) and the rest will end up at Goodwill. Neither one of us like to accumulate stuff and we are not hoarders but we still find stuff to get rid of every year or so. This stuff just grows.
Rufus |
|
|
|
|
01-19-2010, 02:58 PM
|
#7 | |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
Queer femme submissive Relationship Status:
Married Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 969
Thanks: 1,449
Thanked 4,263 Times in 678 Posts
Rep Power: 21474852 |
Quote:
See my last post always. Good luck! |
|
|
|
|
|
08-07-2010, 08:59 PM
|
#8 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
boi Preferred Pronoun?:
hy Relationship Status:
happily taken 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ohio
Posts: 1,406
Thanks: 26
Thanked 891 Times in 478 Posts
Rep Power: 1175216 |
it was actually 2 days ago...but i went through my closet and dresser and got rid of clothes i don't wear anymore. now i have room for new ones.
|
|
|
|
|
08-30-2010, 06:32 AM
|
#9 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
femme Preferred Pronoun?:
she, her 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: mostly in my head
Posts: 396
Thanks: 638
Thanked 957 Times in 198 Posts
Rep Power: 8571020 |
Yesterday... I got rid of. . .
an old computer chair, an old table, tons of clothes and shoes, a vase and some some 'roots' that were in said vase.
__________________
“purple does something strange to me” -charles bukowski |
|
|
|
|
08-30-2010, 09:39 AM
|
#10 |
|
Practically Lives Here
How Do You Identify?:
Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?:
She, as in 'She's a GEM' 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: The roads are narrow here
Posts: 36,631
Thanks: 182,485
Thanked 108,578 Times in 25,685 Posts
Rep Power: 21474885 |
I cleaned out the fridge and freezer.
 I was initially terrified but am glad to announce it's reasonable now. |
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to Gemme For This Useful Post: |
|
08-30-2010, 09:43 AM
|
#11 |
|
Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?:
femme Preferred Pronoun?:
she Relationship Status:
Married
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: rose cottage
Posts: 5,575
Thanks: 8,835
Thanked 15,841 Times in 4,044 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856 |
I have been purging my house of all that should not be here. I have had clothes removed, books, garden items I will never use again, furniture, etc. But...lol...I have also brought inthings I need...clothes, books, garden items, furniture....
__________________
Pole bachit, a lis chuye.
The field sees, the forest hears |
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to Soft*Silver For This Useful Post: |
|
11-23-2010, 02:36 PM
|
#12 |
|
Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?:
Transmasculine/Non-Binary Preferred Pronoun?:
Hy (Pronounced He) Relationship Status:
Married Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 6,589
Thanks: 21,132
Thanked 8,162 Times in 2,006 Posts
Rep Power: 21474857 |
Hey Words, I have never seen this thread until today. Last year I sold my place where I had been living for the past 17 years. I had a major purging of "things." I am still going through some things and getting ready to do another paring down in the Spring of 2011.
The hardest thing to part with are my books. I am trying to use a library more often and less of purchasing books. Now, if I could purge the few extra pounds.
__________________
Sometimes you don't realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. - Susan Gale |
|
|
|
| The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Greyson For This Useful Post: |
|
11-23-2010, 09:23 PM
|
#13 |
|
Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?:
Butch Preferred Pronoun?:
JAGG Relationship Status:
=)  Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Tulsa (cat free zone)
Posts: 6,093
Thanks: 18,651
Thanked 17,540 Times in 4,139 Posts
Rep Power: 21474858 |
tossed
These bottles filled with oil and various things like olives etc that once decorated my kitchen.
__________________
I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without. |
|
|
|
|
11-30-2010, 08:31 PM
|
#14 |
|
Guest
|
Re: some more fears
today i discarded some more old emotional baggage from my past. these were primarily fears of what ANYONE would think of what i did, am doing, or am going to do. i am going to do what is healthy for my self, now and in the future. i am not going to let myself get caught up in any more abusive or co-dependent relationships, whether they be those of family, partnerships, or friendships. now, as soon as i see one developing, i wil politely but firmly extricate myself from whatever relationship it is. i am almost 50 and want to spend the latter half of my life as healthily as possible. as my signature says...
pres 
|
|
|
| The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to For This Useful Post: |
|
11-30-2010, 08:40 PM
|
#15 |
|
Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?:
Owned boy Preferred Pronoun?:
Hey boy!!! Relationship Status:
counting freckles slowly under Her direction!!! Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: i have 2 sets of geographic coordinates!!!
Posts: 6,097
Thanks: 26,797
Thanked 12,555 Times in 2,993 Posts
Rep Power: 21474857 |
today i got rid of a roomate!!!
yayyyyy for me!!! Ms is gonna help me cleanse the house tommorrow and then it is color picking time!!! 
|
|
|
|
|
11-30-2010, 10:09 PM
|
#16 |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
. 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: .
Posts: 3,312
Thanks: 13,339
Thanked 12,242 Times in 2,541 Posts
Rep Power: 21474854 |
The numbers I don't need
|
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to little_ms_sunshyne For This Useful Post: |
|
11-30-2010, 11:17 PM
|
#17 |
|
Member
How Do You Identify?:
femme, naturellement Preferred Pronoun?:
Elle Relationship Status:
single Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: new york
Posts: 686
Thanks: 76
Thanked 1,224 Times in 479 Posts
Rep Power: 5661331 |
More magazines are finding homes: all my old Health magazines are wanted by the health teacher at my school! In the process of looking through my magazine piles, found enough catalogs to fill two large bags! Those went into the recycling bin!
It feels great! Elle*
__________________
You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire. Anna Akhmatova "White nights" |
|
|
|
| The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to femmennoir For This Useful Post: |
|
12-28-2010, 10:20 PM
|
#18 |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
Klingon Preferred Pronoun?:
She
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Just South of Nashvegas Baby
Posts: 3,115
Thanks: 7,546
Thanked 7,478 Times in 1,809 Posts
Rep Power: 21474854 |
Today I got rid of....
The Boy....for a week anyway. Just wish I had someone here to enjoy this big ole empty house with.
|
|
|
|
|
12-28-2010, 10:22 PM
|
#19 | |
|
Infamous Member
How Do You Identify?:
I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?:
Bitch Relationship Status:
Intertwined deeply 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: We're all a little mad here.
Posts: 6,627
Thanks: 10,972
Thanked 21,385 Times in 4,808 Posts
Rep Power: 21474857 |
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to dixie For This Useful Post: |
|
12-28-2010, 10:25 PM
|
#20 | |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
Klingon Preferred Pronoun?:
She
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Just South of Nashvegas Baby
Posts: 3,115
Thanks: 7,546
Thanked 7,478 Times in 1,809 Posts
Rep Power: 21474854 |
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
