As someone who had a bookcase with. Oils crammed in and stacked into of each other, I can honestly say that your work has helped me scale them down to my favorites. I’m and I keep doing it. And yes they were like friends to me but some of them I have grown out of and some I want to keep to reread But as I purged again last week for a move, I had to think long and hard with each title to see if I really wanted to keep it. I like the idea that we get to change and grow and I’m not trying to price to anyone that I like reading. Full disclosure though , I like but on my kindle now so that’s slowed down the hard copies and it is so much easier!
With me, it’s blue dishes. Cobalt blue, the genuine blue willow pattern, blue onion, Dutch windmill, and the list could go on and on. I have two large China closets full, with stacks of them in other cupboards and boxes. There’s sentimental attachment there since the collection started when my grandmother gave me a little Blue Willow tea set more than 50 years ago, probably 60 years by now. I love the color blue, but the last several years I’ve made myself resist the temptation to buy more. I do sometimes wonder if having way less would allow me to enjoy them more. And at my age, I’m thinking about my kids and grandkids and that they will have to divide them up or dispose of them when I’m gone. I hate to leave that chore to them!
For me the line seems to be where more time is spent acquiring books than reading books. When the “To read” pile has been untouched and outgrown its allotted space due to continued acquisition of books, I think it’s moved into the “unhealthy obsession” territory.
As someone who had a bookcase with. Oils crammed in and stacked into of each other, I can honestly say that your work has helped me scale them down to my favorites. I’m and I keep doing it. And yes they were like friends to me but some of them I have grown out of and some I want to keep to reread But as I purged again last week for a move, I had to think long and hard with each title to see if I really wanted to keep it. I like the idea that we get to change and grow and I’m not trying to price to anyone that I like reading. Full disclosure though , I like but on my kindle now so that’s slowed down the hard copies and it is so much easier!
With me, it’s blue dishes. Cobalt blue, the genuine blue willow pattern, blue onion, Dutch windmill, and the list could go on and on. I have two large China closets full, with stacks of them in other cupboards and boxes. There’s sentimental attachment there since the collection started when my grandmother gave me a little Blue Willow tea set more than 50 years ago, probably 60 years by now. I love the color blue, but the last several years I’ve made myself resist the temptation to buy more. I do sometimes wonder if having way less would allow me to enjoy them more. And at my age, I’m thinking about my kids and grandkids and that they will have to divide them up or dispose of them when I’m gone. I hate to leave that chore to them!
For me the line seems to be where more time is spent acquiring books than reading books. When the “To read” pile has been untouched and outgrown its allotted space due to continued acquisition of books, I think it’s moved into the “unhealthy obsession” territory.
Oh boy. Forgive me for all the bad spelling and wrong words.