tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5005516562503988696..comments2024-03-28T17:30:06.439-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: SimplifyJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-3903089175188614582017-03-12T17:14:22.056-04:002017-03-12T17:14:22.056-04:00I'm in awe, Kait.
The saying is that a pictur...I'm in awe, Kait.<br /><br />The saying is that a picture is worth a thousand words -- for me, the right picture triggers many, many memories.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-50436733490108431572017-03-12T16:57:53.322-04:002017-03-12T16:57:53.322-04:00Delightful! I admire people who can keep on and pa...Delightful! I admire people who can keep on and pass on. I think I was born Danish modern in a family of Eastlake Gothic. And that includes my husband. He hides stuff from me so it doesn't end up in the outdoor bin. When we bought this house his comment was, "Finally, enough storage for me." I am a natural minimalist. It gives me peace, but there is a secret--I take great notes, wonderful photos, and keep journals. So, there is a history. :)Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-36697750559022798432017-03-12T15:25:15.102-04:002017-03-12T15:25:15.102-04:00Funny story, KM. However cleans out that barn will...Funny story, KM. However cleans out that barn will have free room and a lot of free money (or make a living museum type place very happy).<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58722202202849385652017-03-12T14:54:11.471-04:002017-03-12T14:54:11.471-04:00I have an elderly friend who lives in the old farm...I have an elderly friend who lives in the old farmhouse where her equally elderly husband was born. They were teachers and didn't farm, instead leasing the fields to a neighbor. <br /><br />One summer she decided it was time to clean out the barn, which had not been actively used in decades. She opened the doors, looked at the contents, which included a fortune in antique farming equipment, and realized just what an undertaking it would be.<br /><br />"We inherited it like this," she decided, "and our children can inherit it like this."<br />She closed the door and left it.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-73439437824481381842017-03-12T14:46:40.795-04:002017-03-12T14:46:40.795-04:00Having two abodes a convenient 22-hours drive apar...Having two abodes a convenient 22-hours drive apart, I forever realize that something I want is in the place I'm not. I usually figure out some workaround, which leads me to wonder whether I should have that thing in either place -- of course, I never take that thinking to a resolution that involves throwing out the item.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-61166622071897290372017-03-12T14:44:15.723-04:002017-03-12T14:44:15.723-04:00I need to simplify. I'll go through purging mo...I need to simplify. I'll go through purging moods and can be too aggressive in what I get rid of. Then a month later I'm like "where is that blue sweater???"carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985823239660829148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-88315950848344183582017-03-12T13:56:05.282-04:002017-03-12T13:56:05.282-04:00Gloria -- I've been in your house. We may have...Gloria -- I've been in your house. We may have about the same amount of stuff BUT you have a smaller house!! <br /><br />Yep, I've seen a lot of obits that claimed people loved to cook, or be with friends, or whatever. But cleaning -- not even the one you've seen.Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51696945394182635332017-03-12T13:45:17.700-04:002017-03-12T13:45:17.700-04:00Jim, you are so like me. For instance, I have a tw...Jim, you are so like me. For instance, I have a two car garage out by my barn that I can't put my car into because of stuff stored there. And then there is the piles of papers and stuff on<br />my library/dining room/office table that only gets completely cleared off the few times I'm having more than one person for dinner or lunch, like a book club meeting, Christmas for my extended family or a reunion. Maybe three times a year I can see the whole top of that table.<br />My kids think I have too much stuff, but my house is still open and clear enough to walk through with ease. Just about everything I have is either books or things that have meaning to me; part of my life. Yes, I don't play the guitar or the lap dulcimer anymore, but I'm not getting rid of those two items, either. Recently my two daughters went together to hire a friend of one of my daughters to clean my house for me every other Saturday. Nice thought, but I am perfectly capable of cleaning when I feel like it, and the board of health would never condemn my house in any way. I have read obituaries for years - a good source for characters if you change the names - and only once did I read in a woman's obit<br />"She loved to clean." Well, no one will put that in my obituary. P.S. I do run the sweeper at least once a week, and swish a dust rag about, too.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-92113477246120519112017-03-12T09:37:13.592-04:002017-03-12T09:37:13.592-04:00Good for you Grace. I have to say that with each t...Good for you Grace. I have to say that with each thing I give or throw away, it becomes just a little bit easier for the next thing.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1031754470962106502017-03-12T09:02:02.111-04:002017-03-12T09:02:02.111-04:00There is nothing like a flooded basement and resul...There is nothing like a flooded basement and resulting mold to make you clear out a lot of stuff. That got us started, and now I am on a roll trying to scale down. It is hard because so many of our things have sentimental value. I keep telling my husband that either we get rid of it, or we burden our children with it. Like you, Jim, I was brought up to put things aside for a rainy day. I've decided that although I might need it someday, someone else might need it today. That has made me feel better about passing things along. First warm day this spring, we're tackling the garage.Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-35683800876529779882017-03-12T08:37:09.974-04:002017-03-12T08:37:09.974-04:00Elaine, I'm with you on stuff, and I haven'...Elaine, I'm with you on stuff, and I haven't tackled emptying out our house yet.<br /><br />Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51757779947923179652017-03-12T07:15:26.817-04:002017-03-12T07:15:26.817-04:00Thanks EB. I think it is ironic that this blog app...Thanks EB. I think it is ironic that this blog appears on "Leap Forward Day" -- certainly not a day created with simplicity in mind.Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60976807813081614292017-03-12T07:10:13.533-04:002017-03-12T07:10:13.533-04:00I'm getting less enamored of "stuff"...I'm getting less enamored of "stuff" in my old age. Whenever I contemplate acquiring something not expendable, like clothing, I ask myself--will anyone want this when I'm gone, will a future grandchild break this and it be a source of hard feelings, will I have to dust it, is it another poorly made waste of money (like expensive appliances), and will it become clutter?<br /><br />Since I'm a poor shopper, I've been doing well at keeping the clutter down. Hope you accomplish your goals, Jim.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com