Question For You Fine People
Here's the deal. I hate stuff. I don't understand the point of owning books you might read again in 15 years, or movies you might watch once every 2 years. I hate knick knacks. I have one small box of "memories" and I weed through it every couple of years to make sure I didn't put something ridiculous in it that I don't care about. I don't keep cards. Hell, I don't even keep emails, and those don't even take up any space. If I don't use something or love it unreasonably, off it goes.Which brings me to my question: What the hell does one do with a trophy? I have a trophy, a decent-sized one, from a musical competition in which I placed third. In 1996. When I was freaking 16. You could say that I'm over the accomplishment. But it seems, I don't know, just a weird thing to get rid of. But I've carted this thing from place to place, and for what? It's not like I display the damn thing. It sits in a closet. Can't I take a PICTURE of the trophy and give the trophy itself to the goodwill/trash can? Tell me internets, what should I do?
Next item up for debate: my wedding dress.
posted by Ami @ Wednesday, July 02, 2008
5 Comments:
It's weird, but I think I would be okay with throwing out a trophy. Definitely falls under the category of "junk", which I ALSO hate.
I would like to see a picture of your wedding dress, now that you mention it, kthx
Yes! Junk! Crap! Stuff people will have to sort through when I die! Ugh, I have issues.
I can totally arrange a wedding dress photo. If I were a good wife I would have posted a sappy blog entry on my anniversary complete with pictures, but I'm from the Midwest. You understand.
I'm a packrat, can't help you out here. I save every frickin' scrap of paper, ever doo-dad, doo-hickey and whatnot. My 40's are all about learning to declutter and let things go.
Oh! I am with you! I HATE STUFF and A. is a sentimental FREAK and keeps EVERYTHING. Gah! I am so very, very dreading when we move out of our current house. The packing might do us in.
I say pry off the plate with your name and stuff on it, and see if you can donate it to an organization that might award some young whipper snapper with it. It might be a lot of work to find someone, but maybe a post to craig's list will do? Then someone else will get joy out of it, and it won't feel like you threw it out.
A friend of mine sold her wedding dress for a very small sum to a bride with a very limited budget. I thought that was an appropriate thing to do. If I marry, I doubt I'll keep the dress for more than a year or so.
Von - I find that thinking about my next move helps with the de-cluttering. :)
Artemisia - OMG, you are a genius. I never thought about pulling off the plate thingy. That will fit in the "memory box". GENIUS.
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