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Post by reesa on Nov 28, 2008 6:10:46 GMT -5
today I cleaned out all this wood and random things I had been storing in my dining room, and set it up as an art room for myself. I hope I can keep it clean and useful.,
It took me a few hours to set it up and the whole day to clear stuff out. five bags of trash!
I found a bunch of mannequin legs in a crate I had forgotten about. I also have paint that sticks to plastic...so maybe I will paint them! They have been there for at least three years...by doing my archaeology of clutter I guess they've been there at least that long.
I'm going through a breakup right now too and I kept finding old pictures of us. That slowed me down a bunch of times. I think I put off cleaning out that room the last few months because of knowing those pictures were in there. I got a little depressed but then when the room was usable I felt a lot better.
Does anyone else put off clearing out an area because there might be things there like pictures and stuff that might make you sad? or is it just me?
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Post by nmf on Nov 28, 2008 7:25:10 GMT -5
Reesa, I know what you are saying. I have trouble going through photo/journal/school paper squalor because of unresolved issues with my past & ...expectations of the future. Odd-ness about how I "used to look" or "used to date" or "used to be with that jerk" and childhood feelings. It can make some of these items have a power over us. Mad, sad, angry..the parts of my life that are still in squalor are full of emotions. I'm finding it's good therapy to work through it. -No More Fear
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Post by reesa on Nov 28, 2008 8:06:06 GMT -5
yes it is! I think it helped me some. I was feeling even worse before I went through all the memory stuff. Seeing the pictures made me sad but I think that I needed to get it out of my system. emotional clutter
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Post by messymimi on Nov 28, 2008 9:46:30 GMT -5
All the items that remind me of what I have wasted, of what I am not, of what I can never be. Items that scream you had potential, but you really are nothing. Hard to face.
messymimi
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Post by DJ on Nov 28, 2008 12:53:13 GMT -5
hey, i'm working on reclaiming my own arts/crafts/creative playroom
and i have a whole 5x10 storage locker that i only go into with emotional support and after a xanax..
you aren't alone.
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Post by reesa on Dec 2, 2008 0:55:46 GMT -5
having an art space is a little harder for me to keep up with and maintain, because I have alot of different supplies and do a lot of stuff in that room. so it always looks torn apart a little, but! it is much better than the piles of boxes of pictures and paper squalor and stuff that WAS in there.
It was becaiuse of the pictures. I think I "bury" things that make me sad, in the squalor. I think at least in this case that was part of why I let it get so bad.
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