Monday, August 13, 2018

For en sikkerheds skyld, part 2 - Just in Case, part 2

Her fortsætter jeg med at belyse de årsager, der kan være grund til, at så mange ting bliver gemt.

Det kan være ubeslutsomhed. Vi gør os ikke klart, når ting har udlevet deres tid hos os. Det betyder, at vi er så vant til at eje dem, at selv om de ikke er i brug, så har de en plads på hylden, og der bliver de. Det er gammel vane. Men hvis der ikke er brug for dem mere, skal de væk.

Vi kan knytte minder til ting og tøj. Det er bare ikke nødvendigt, for hvis en episode er værd at huske, så husker man den. Man kan jo altid komme i en situation, hvor man kigger ned i en kasse i kælderen og siger: "Se, der ligger jo xxx. Kan du huske den gang, da...?" Men hvis man nu ikke var blevet mindet om præcis den episode, ville man så være et ulykkeligt menneske? Nej, vel! Som sagt - man mindes det, man ønsker at mindes.

Det kan også være den gave, som I fik til jeres bryllupsdag, som aldrig bliver brugt mere, fordi stilen i hjemmet har ændret sig. Vær taknemlig over at nogen gav en gave, og send den videre.

Der kan være ting, som har kostet mange, mange penge. De er tit svære at skille sig af med, for det kan være noget, som man har sparet sammen til over længere tid. Så ofte kommer sådan nogle ting frem igen og igen. Og tilbage i kælderen igen og igen. Glem alt om, hvad det har kostet og få, hvad en eventuel køber vil give.

Fejlkøb er en anden gemme-i-skabet-fejl, som er svære at afhænde. Men gør det alligevel, for det minder dig konstant om, at du har begået en fejl, og hvem ønsker det? Erkend det og kom videre.

Start med at spørge, hvorfor du skal gemme en ting, som du ikke har brugt i ugevis, månedsvis eller endda årevis. Hvorfor? Er det en genopstandelse af en tidligere tid? Har det været meget dyrt? Eller har du bare slet ikke taget stilling til, om tingen skal bruges igen? Tænk over, om det er værd at gemme for bare at slæbe det frem om et år - kun for at lægge det tilbage i kassen igen.

Det er kun dig, der kan tage de beslutninger, men ting, der ikke bliver brugt, har ingen værdi.

Måske er det tid til at spørge "Hvorfor?"


Mine forældres forlovelsesringe - de bliver, hvor de er!
My parents engagement rings - they will stay!


I am here continuing to talk about the reasons, why so much stuff is saved.

It could be indecision. We don't make up our minds, when something has outlived itself. This means, that we are so used to own these things, that even though we don't use them, they have a place on the shelf, and there they stay. Old habits. But if they aren't in use anymore, they should go. 

We often have a lot of memories connected to different items and clothes. But is isn't necessary to keep everything, because if something is worth remembering, you will remember. You can of course always get in a situation, where you open a box from the basement and say: "Look, there is xxx. Do you remember, when...?" But if you hadn't seen this thing and not remembered this precise episode, would you then have been an unhappy person? No, you wouldn't! As said - you remember, what you want to remember.

It can also be a gift, you received at your wedding, which you never use anymore, because the style in your home has changed. No reason there to keep it. Be grateful that somebody gave you a present, and pass it on.

It can be something, which has cost a lot of money. These items are often hard to part with. Maybe you saved for a long time to get it. So often these things are brought out again and again. And go back in the basement again and again. Forget all about, what the value once was, and sell it to somebody, who wants to buy and accept the price.

Purchase mistakes is another hide-in-the-closet issue, which are difficult to handle. But do it anyway, because it reminds you, that you have made a mistake, every time you see it, and who wants to be confronted that much. Get rid of it and get going.

Start asking yourself, why you keep something, which you haven't used for weeks, months or even for years. Why? Is it a resurrection of youth? Was it very expensive? Or you just haven't made up your mind about, whether you are going to use it again? Think about, if it is worth saving just to take it out in a year - and put it back again, where is was.

You are the only one, who can make these decisions, but items, which aren't in use, have no value.

So maybe it is time to ask "Why?"

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