Just some musing on...Stuff...
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Hey everybody, in part a response video to some friends, as well as perhaps generating further discussion overall, and, as I said here...this raises more questions than coming to any conclusions...then again, it's all impermanent and transitory anyway, so it seems appropriate enough. :-)
Besides @dulles1969 and @bufoperiglenes8634 I neglected to also mention @radishraven9 and @olderinfpinsights Another couple of lovely folks who do videos in comparable territory. Thanks as ever for tuning in!
Good evening Cuz Carm. Jeez. I can honestly say that I never expected you to do a video on stuff. Better still. I never imagined myself looking at stuff in a food for thought manner. Let me just say that I have always had a certain amount of stuff that had to come with me on pretty much every outing. Whether it be digging for records or taking off for the weekend down the Cape. Certain stuff would be packed in my backpack. I can remember years ago when I was about thirteen or fourteen. Right around the time of the release of Houses of the Holy. > I can remember certain dates better when I relate them to my favorite album releases. {smile} < Anyways. I remember my cousin hopping on his Harley and heading down to Virginia Beach. No change of clothes. No suitcase. Just a few bottles of water and the clothes on his back. I thought that it was one of the coolest things I ever saw. I could not figure out how anyone could just hop on their motorcycle and just take off with no worries in the world. I on the other hand would have started to pack my bags five days before I even left. With all kinds of 'stuff'. Really enjoyed this one Carm. It was very cool. Plenty of food for thought. Very positive and enlightening~
Rob/Boston
Hey cuz Rob, It was fun doing something a bit different here. I do know that inclination...having quite specific items with you when going certain places. I find that admirable about your cousin too, traveling light indeed.
Yes, also that too, marking dates according to notable album releases. Yes though, we all have our certain ways of preparing for an outing and figuring what is needed versus what is wanted. Well thanks as ever for being here. Hope your own endless summer is on the horizon soon. 🙂 Peace n love. -Carm
As I glean more Truth of the realities and lies permeating this temporal world (prep school), all material possessions hold less interest and value, while my spiritual walk gains more faith, peace, contentment, joy, fulfillment and understanding (despite potentially assumed appearances) with growingly less need or desire for material things. In time all the things of this Earth which we held of value will be worthless. Our souls are more precious than material wealth and possessions of course. Though the music hobby has provided lifelong enjoyment it can't fill the void which God or one's extracurricular assigned mission replaces it with. When anything takes precedence over our love and focus on God in our lives, we have a serious problem that needs correcting quickly, as we may die in our sleep. I've mused your same thoughts here Carm with my own nostalgia, sentimentality and daily strive to mentally prepare should the ride suddenly end. Consider Job's #1 focus on God with no Earthy possessions or idols above God, hence his ability to have much wealth easily, without it being the slightest hindrance to him, and God brought him even more after holding firm in his great tests, while even his wife tried to get him to curse God! Wonderful to see your recognition here as presented Carm. Thanks for sharing brother! :-)
Hey Jeff, such beautiful and fitting thoughts/feelings here. It's true, we "don't take it with us", or that which we do take to the next place may be that which is the one thing always carried within us all along, well beyond the objects whether comforting and heartening on one hand, or status-driven for others. We somehow return to what's basic. Great to hear from you on this. Much further discussion on this for sure. 🙂 Thanks as always! P,L,&J. -Carm & Meena
Carm, usually I take a good amount of time to reply to your videos. This time was different. I immediately thought of the Miles Davis tune,'' Stuff'' from the ''Miles In The Sky'' album, recorded in 1968. It is one of my all-time favorite listens. ''Stuff'' is the only tune on the album, on which Ron Carter plays electric bass and Herbie Hancock plays electric piano. Herbie was reluctant to play the electric piano, but Miles insisted on it. When I first bought the album as a teen, I endlessly wondered what Miles was referring to, in the title,'' Stuff''. I made a tape of that song along with songs by other artists. When I raked leaves or shovelled snow, I always played that tune on my Walkman.
Haha, well I'm glad this all evoked...something for you here, Michael! 🙂 You have me really wanting to hear that tune/album now too. You're reminding me too, something I used to often listen to on my own walkman while shoveling snow in particular, was Tomita's 'Snowflakes are Dancing'....appropriately enough. Thanks as ever. -Carm
You've got such a fun lane to swim in Carm -- your knowledge of music is encyclopedic, that's before going into your (IMO) very healthy outlook on life. If you like and recommend an artist, I find it's worth a listen. Just the Klaus Schulze library(...!) Will be working on that for a long time to come.
It is hard to feel out and conclude what it means to lose or say goodbye to things! To your point about having nothing but what's in your heart and memories, a wise and thoughtful sentiment... For decades, I had a big box of collected personal letters and cards, going back to high school and college. Then about five years ago ... just pitched it into recycling. My wife had been pressuring me to get rid of it. But it was my decision: Time to part ways with the physical artifacts. The people -- who we were when we wrote to each other -- were important. The words on paper might've been a bridge, but it's really about the memories of who we were at a certain time and place, whether those memories are now accurate or distorted.
And while I've named myself after an airport that in turn named itself after a founder of the CIA (not a well-considered move), I am actually a Brian. And I'm very glad that we met -- someone in the community some time ago found and recommended your channel and it's great to follow.
Hey Dulles..er..Brian... ☺Very interesting about all that, and thank you for a large part of the inspiration here. Ahh....it really is...a fun lane to swim in with the videos I normally do, though honestly, I don't know much of anything else, so it's probably safer for me there too. 😉
Oh gosh, one could explore Klaus endlessly! His catalog is so vast...
Very moving about that with the letters and cards, and with letting go, recognizing that which always stays with you regardless. I'm not quite there yet, as I have a couple envelopes full of a couple dozen letters from a dearly departed friend I like to keep nearby....even if going a good long time between looking at them. Yes though, however the memories are manifested, at least there's those.
Same here, so good meeting you, sister Bufo P...quite a few kindred souls....whether we're the same "personality types" or not. 🙂 Thanks as always. -Carm
I love being surrounded by our stuff even though it's a burden. Life could be simpler without so much stuff. We feel restricted in some ways. We couldn't move very easily. Finding an affordable place that would hold all of it. We're getting old. Does our son want the trouble of all our stuff? Anyways..it's something I think about often enough. I certainly could live with a lot less stuff.
Hey Ed, Yes...very well put...there's a certain comfort in being surrounded by all this stuff of our lives, though in a sense a kind of straitjacket of sorts...identifying with mere objects.
Yes too...I'm only in my late 40's though feel more ready than ever to really start to scale back....just a matter of starting and how to go about it. When it came down to it, I'm sure we could ultimately do the quick duffle bag essentials fill and have that be that.... maybe... 🙂
Thanks as always, and hope all is well your way. -Carm
Hi Carm, hope you're well. I can certainly relate to this. I have probably far too much stuff. As my other half keeps telling me I'm a hoarder and compulsive collector. I have loads of books that I'll probably never read. Stacks of dvd's, records etc. I'm one of those people who can't pass a thrift shop.
All the best, Dave.
Hey Dave, Ha yes...when one's partner notices....one may have a problem of sorts...Indeed though...I look around and am almost positive I won't get around to really using it all....we hang on to things in part "Just in case"....or "You never know..." Oh yes, the thrifts...I try to avoid them....and am successful...for a while. 🙂 Thanks as always. Hope you're well. -Carm
I enjoy my stuff and belongings. Could I do without it? I guess, but not willingly. I've worked hard to keep and maintain a certain lifestyle, so there's no need to dispose of all that now. We live in America, which is a capitalistic, materialistic system, which doesn't mean you have to buy or own a lot of things, but I don't mind. Do I find owning things a burden, no not really. Some guys might like to hunt, go fishing, golf, etc. etc. I don't do any of that. I like to collect stuff and enjoy listening to music, reading books, watching tube, so that's my thing. I think living out of a carry-all would be a burden.
Hey Dave, I definitely understand all this, feeling in something of a crossroads or crossing point kind of situation where it could go either way....taking or leaving it all, or most of it. Though still enjoying it all while it's still here...even though as is often said, "we can't take it with us." That's pretty much me too with music books, some tube, and of course art too. Thanks for sharing and being here as always. Looking forward to catching up your way soon. -Carm
So nice seeing you again, and surprised to see a new video since I know work has picked up. I recall Carlin's 'A Place For My Stuff' so well. I originally bought the LP for my sister the Christmas after it came out all those years ago. Fast forward a few decades and I ended up buying her the CD many years later.
Once again. I love the view and your little corner of the world. These tight spaces always appealed to me.
By the way I caught a comment regard Miles Davis' 'Stuff' tune from the late 1960's. Well in the early 1980's I spent 2+ years listening to almost nothing except Miles' music from this period (1962 up to around1968) and I know the track 'Stuff' quite well. So here it is-Miles-trumpet, Wayne Shorter-saxophone, Herbie Hancock-electric piano, Ron Carter-electric bass(!), Tony Williams-drums
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Heya G, Had a nice little window to do a video, so here I am. 🙂
Nice that your sis is a George fan too. This reminds me that my brother got me a nice DVD boxset of George's I ought to revisit.
I actually had to give the bushes a trim before going back there to do the video, it was so overgrown I couldn't get back there!
Oh yes, Danke. Michael's comment sparked me to check out that Miles album and I listened to most of it on the drive in to work this morning, and it was wonderful! I can't believe I hadn't heard that one before. I'm picky about his albums, though that hit just right immediately. Danke as always good sir. Chatta soon. -Carm & Meena
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Gary, that tune, ''Stuff'', is a real winner. The quintet had reached it's maximum potential. Tony Williams decorates each second of the song, his ever-changing accents are supernatural!
@@gorvo31 Carm, glad you enjoyed it.
For sure Michael! 'Stuff' is one of the less harmonically dense things from that period-it's fun and it works, and is something very different from the other music made by that 2nd Quintet, much of which is VERY difficult, intellectual, and kind of obscure thematically...
Loved this video, Carm! These are things I’ve thought about many times. The older I get the less materialistic I get, and I’ve never been that materialistic to start with. I could relatively easily dispense with everything I own except my classical guitar and Wordsworth’s “The Prelude” and be perfectly happy. I’ve always been able to make my own music anytime I want, and “The Prelude” reads as if I wrote it, it resonates with me so much. All of this sounds very narcissistic, I imagine…me, me, me. But I am just a very independent and self-contained type of person. Of course I want friends and family around me, but left on my own, I have never been bored. Anyway, great topic, and I really appreciate your approach to such things. Cheers! Jeff
Hey thanks much, Jeff! I could definitely see that with you....Someone who knows what's really meaningful to you and what you would deem as truly enough material-wise. I suppose I'm materialistic in a certain sense though not another....more of a sentimental association sense than an object fetish or status-symbol way.
That very statement really resonates with me though in and of itself, about 'The Prelude' reading as if you wrote it, yes! I feel that way very much so about 'Don't Push the River' and 'Burst out Laughing' by Barry Stevens. Like reading my own thoughts from moment to moment there, just much more intelligent, eloquent and coherent than I.
Also what you said about not being easily bored at all alone....It took me years to convince my dear late friend who I visited for many years in Arizona that I wasn't bored there amidst all that stark beauty....since I was spending so much time sitting or walking alone doing nothing, it looked like I wasn't having a good time..though I really was! It's just that my outward demeanor has always been rather....placid, ha.
I'm going to experiment and really look for some essential things to fill that bag with and honestly as myself "Is this all and am I content?" 🙂 Thanks as always, my friend. -Carm
Hi Carm… great topic for discussion. I like the exercise of if I had to fill a gym bag/ suitcase and that’s all I could have I wonder what I would take. Definitely music, books framed photos that mean a lot to me. Perhaps a journal to write and some of my fav movies, tv series etc. . It’s definitely an interesting question as to what means the most to us. I have often thought what if something happened to my cds and records like say a flood or fire and they were all destroyed. How would I rebuild my collection. Would I only start with what means the most to me plus my favourites or would I replace all of it ? Thanks for this video and question Carm. Have a great week ! Chez
Thanks Chez, It's just an interesting thing to consider, how we relate to our things, belongings...how attached we've become...or less so. I'm going to try that soon for fun, with seeing if I could fill that bag with some very favorite items and see how I feel, looking at those. Neat hearing of what you'd pack yourself. Mine would be similar. Yes too...I didn't even go into that: how we'd rebuild our collections if at all if one had lost everything. I wonder if at the least I'd wait a while and see how it felt with just that space and openness for a while before looking to buy anything back again. Thanks much for tuning in as always and sharing your own thoughts. Great rest of your week too. -Carm
Hey Brother Carm,
I am glad to see this , and an sorry to be such a ghost lately. It has been a year of getting up to speed and adjustment in my professional life. It all matters , our stuff is very important. And at once completely trivial. Incongruity is a part of the madness we are initiated into. Oh yeah, my wife and I got a cat Barney, a couple of months back, he is adjusting from a nervous nelly to a more trusting soul little by little , it has been a joy to see him transform. He was a stray that we picked up at the shelter , he is about 2 yrs old (apparently) . he gets loads of play and love, and treats .... we love him. Thought you would like to know that. Today I was thinking about messing with synths, and finding this on my YT feed will make me do the very thing.
As is mentioned in other comments you are appreciated, the vibe is calm and it feels warm and welcoming.
It has always been a main attraction for me. I hope all is well and one of these nights I will have to do a random crash pad
stream.
Thanks for the share, and stay solid gold.
all love, CQ
CQ!! So happy to hear from you! You have been missed. Yes though, I know you were adjusting to a new gig at the time. Glad you sound to be well enough through it all which is good.
Yes....perhaps in part it took me ten minutes to say that here....that it's both to varying degrees, not either/or as we're often conditioned to feel, or all or nothing kinda thing. Indeed...incongruity....though admittedly I've always had a kind of attraction toward it. 🙂
Aww sweet, Barney! Good for you all. Would love to see a crash pad, and perhaps kitty may make a cameo even....😺 We have a two-year old or so fur too named Meena. Adopted her a year ago, sweet kit.
So good hearing from you, thanks for hanging as ever, and for your words. Hope to really catch up further soon. All love your way too. -Carm & furz
It is a fine thing for you that you can do without much,,stuff, as long as you do not let it accompany with a holier than thou or a moralistic superior attitude. Honestly speaking I think really modest
immaterial people do not propagate this by making a video about this.
Hello, Yes well I think part of the reason for doing the video is that I'm working through it all myself...sort of at a crossing point between realizing that it could go either way....I do enjoy the stuff around me, AND I like just having a few things....time will tell which direction I go ultimately. I certainly hope my attitude isn't holier-than-thou-moralistically-superior....though if so, it could be buried and I raise these questions to work these things out too. If nothing else, it's an interesting and pretty much universal topic that can be fun to muse over and hear other perspectives on these matters.
Thanks much for tuning in and commenting. -Carm
Some friend, can't you use his toothpaste?
Haha...really...the nerve of him. I'm also really fussy. 🙂 Thanks for tuning in.
Great thought. I, too, am completely nostalgic and sensitive to things and the moments in time they came from.
Hey Tink, So good to hear from you! Sending continued love and healing your way. Oh yes, I know you're much like that too. There is something about certain pieces and those moments. Thanks as always. Much love. -Carm & Rocky acting like a watchdog
LOL, I always bring too many books when I go placesssss!!! I have too much stuff for sure, but it is so hard...it is a little overwhelming after moving seeing it all and trying to find a place for it. I was almost compelled to toss it all and starting over (except for the books obvi), but I don't think I am quite there. I think I am lucky that none of the things I have are priceless? All I care about is my babies. Like...I do think I could walk away from it all and if I had my babies I would be just fine...but...I like my stuff and I am glad I have it, lol. That makes sense right?
Anyway! Hope you are well Carm!!!
Hey Steph! Good to hear from you here. Yep, that makes sense...Like I was telling someone else, I'm both content with just the contents of that dufflebag, yet oddly attracted to 30+ years of accumulated gak....the ongoing schism continues. I can see how that would be a bear with moving, and yes....I have books all over in the car even, so there's options at work, when waiting in line somewhere....ultimately indeed though, we just need da fur babies. :-) Thanks much for tuning in here and hope you're all well as well. -Carm & furz
Interesting video. I also think all the time about having too much stuff and could I live without all my stuff like books especially. People ask me sometimes what is your favorite books? I really do not have any except the Bible and maybe a few Christian books. Lately I have realized I will soon be 71 years old and before I know it I could be 90 years old in 19 years. It bothers me greatly realizing how I do find comfort or security in stuff when I know deep down they mean nothing in the light of eternity. When I die I will go to Heaven with nothing but my love for the Lord Jesus/
Why can't I let go of all my STUFF? I look around me and tell myself just get rid of stuff and enjoy a few things. It is all very weird this not being able to purge my life our lives of stuff. Thank you for sharing your musings. peace
Hey Jonny, I understand how that could be a conundrum for you, all things considered. At our core, we probably are naturally nonmaterialistic, though various forms of conditioning somehow reel us in....and next thing we know. I suppose at least having the awareness of all this is a good place to start...when one knows where they want to be ultimately. You may appreciate my friend vinylspin's statement below. He explains this far more eloquently than I. Thanks much for tuning in. -Carm
Hey Carm, good to catch up with you here. This topic has resonance for me at the moment as I'm going through a major upheaval in my personal life. I lost my dad a couple of weeks ago, and am also by untimely co-incidence currently in the throes of moving house, so the theme of 'what to keep and what not to keep' (both my stuff and my dad's) feels very salient all round. I am desperately trying to downscale but not having much luck...hope to report back via a video at some point. Fortunately our new place has extra nooks and crannies in it so I'm hoping to secrete things away on hidden shelves. Incidentally, your opening descriptions of the contents of your bag put me in mind of the opening to the Squeeze song 'Tempted': 'I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face, pyjamas, a hair-brush, new shoes and a case/I said to my reflection 'let's get out of this place''. Cheers, James
Hey James, Must say firstly I'm deeply sorry for your loss. I know you've told stories of your dad and his influence on you musically and the mutual things you've turned each other on to.
Hope his transition was as peaceful as possible. Gosh too, moving as well?! I understand how that would be, having to choose what and what not to keep. Good that the new house sounds to be a bit more "collector friendly" in a sense....Yes, that is fitting with the Squeeze song! Well, all the best with everything, and yes, keep in touch and let us know how you're doing with all this when able and comfortable doing so. Thanks for being here. -Carm
I come from a long line of hoarders, so I am always very conscious and burdened by the amount of stuff I have, but also come from a household that went through close to a bankruptcy so having STUFF is also important. I also think, what happens if there is a fire - which is one reason why I keep going back to trying to build up my digital library, photos in the computer, etc - because that I could get down to an object that is the size of a deck of cards, duplicate and save it in multiple places, and have ALL my stuff and still really only one thing - my digital collection. Even that, I curate and edit - I used to keep books but I move them along now - and also have a digital library as well so they are safe with me, but not burdening my space. But, a digital book isn't a book, a file isn't a record, and a screenshot isn't a polaroid.
Hey Kris, Indeed there's always that back and forth, crossing point stuff of how we relate to...stuff.....To be or not to be, sorta thing. I guess by musing about it aloud, I'm working through and exploring what it all means I ways I hadn't previously. I haven't done much digitizing of anything so far, though it may happen once i finally get more than just my foot into the 21st century, ha. Like anything else....it's a work in progress/process. Thanks as always for joining me. -Carm
wow so sorry i didn't see this video! So soothing to listen to you and the birds and windchimes :) i love my stuff and im sentimental about many objects, especially since i grew up with hoarders. Since I've moved so many times i've had to be pretty minimalist. I think it depends what is replaceable and if i have the money to replace things. A friend of mine has a brother (i think is an ISTP) who likes living from a backpack, but that seems like such a stressful life to me.
Hey Ingrid! Well I'm sorry I couldn't respond to this sooner...I was offline for a month and when I did come back, I wasn't notified of your comment. Anyhow, thanks much for your kind words here. It sounds like we're at least partly similar in that regard....having packrats in the family and being similarly quite sentimental towards certain things, though I've been in the same place since 1999....so inevitably stuff has piled up, ha. For sure, each situation would be reacted to at least slightly differently based on the individual personalities of those reacting to them. I'm going to housesit for my friend next month for a full week, so will see how I do with just the contents of that little dufflebag. :-) Thanks again! I'm catching up with videos slowly, and looking forward to yours. Take good care as always. -Carm
Hey Carm. Glad your vid popped up as recommended today. Good thoughts and topic. A few years ago I had the fortunate opportunity to own a tiny house shell on a few secluded acres totally off grid where I primitive camped. So there I got to learn the value of what's important and it "ain't" stuff. Good lesson to learn. Thanks for the reminder.
Hey Dee, Thanks much. Oh yes....I think that's part of it too here as well...coming to a similar realization from years of visiting Arizona in a more comparably off-the-grid situation as well. Just being happy in the moment, under the sky, and amidst the relative silence. Thanks for being here. -Carm
I could fit a heck of a lot of 7” records in that bag lol Right now I am debating on selling my extensive sports card collection. For room but also because the market is good.
Hey Dave, Ha...I would bet....literally any way you stack them. 🙂All the best either way you go with those cards. I'd personally be hanging on to at least a few NBA ones circa '87-'92 or so if nothing else, ha. Thanks as always for joining me. -Carm
Food for thought!!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔(also, when you're off cat/dog sitting who keeps care of YOUR lil' pals?!?)😹
Hey, It's really good hearing from you! Ah yes.. I never mentioned that....am actually only about 20-25 minutes from my buddy's, so I can pop back in here during the day. 🙂Hope all's well your way, and thanks for tuning in. -Carm
Big Brother!!! You definitely don’t pack like a girl 🤣🤣 Everything I would need would definitely not fit in there; would need 2 🤣🤣 Anyway, fantastic video as always. Always love hearing what you have to say. Love you! Xo Sis and your nephew (in Heaven) ❤️❤️
Ha, hey sis! Well it depends on the individual boy or girl though doesn't it.....😉It was fun just to sorta work through these things...even if before the camera. 🧡🧡
Hi Carm - good thought... when you have nothing / nothing to worry about . . . but even after losing lots of possessions in the forest fire, I never really had nothing as I saved a lot of "stuff" before the fire got there. So as normal, stuff tends to overwhelm me, which is why vandwelling didn't work well for me, in part, plus I like the security of having a home base apparently. I need that peacefulness in order to have peace of mind for creativity. If I had to travel light I'd take my phone, not my Bible. The Bible is heavy! The phone is lightweight and contains a Bible app with dozens of versions. I'm practical that way. I don't even take my Bible to church because it weighs so much, and the phone suffices.
Hey Linda, Oh yes it sounds like you've been through so much in terms of living situations over the years and deciding what's important/essential material-wise. I certainly see the practicality of the bible on your phone for traveling to whatever extent. I must say, even not being much of a phone person to begin with, even a quarter of the way into this century I'm using it less and less...getting back to pre digital basics as I age and come full circle. Have you ever seen those Shambhala pocket books? They're tiny and really do fit in the pocket. I'm wondering if they have a version of the bible, in case one got tired of the screen and wanted the book book. Anyhow, it's great to hear from you, and I must catch up further soon. Thanks much for being here! -Carm
PS thank you so much for the very sweet card. It’s beautiful ❤️
You're very welcome, dear sis. Least one could do🧡💛
Hello Carm Just passing through again, interesting video. Collecting stuff is interesting in itself, because you have all these things that you use over time, then it breaks, goes to the permanent holding area, either the garage, or that special place in your house where unseen residuals rest until they chemically break down the rest of the way, and spiders build nests in LOL When we moved the last time we seriously took into consideration where some stuff that we had not looked at in years was going, either to the junk yard or a yard sale. I must say though, if money were not an object, I would get a few more pieces of synth hardware, that would be the only thing I would think of collecting. When you ponder this over, as yourself, you rather become more aware of how important or not some stuff actually is. The adage that you can't take it with you when you pass away does cross the mind from time to time, well, I guess that's why we have wills, so we can pass stuff on to a fortunate survivor 🙂 Enjoyed the video! Take care, cheers!
Hey Wiley, Thanks much. Yes....in a sense our dwellings become like these museums for items that we just never getting around to parting with, and the older and older relic quality makes us often want to hang on to it until one can no longer stand it, ha.
I'd probably do the same, music-related stuff if one didn't need to worry about money.
Indeed, we can't take it with us, plus we can soak up the very best of it all while we're still here. Thanks as always for joining me. Hope all's well your way. -Carm
Hi Carm, This was such a timely video ! I am of a certain age,and recently I've been taking stock of all my "Stuff". A friend of mine has an aging Mom and has the task of cleaning out her house. After seeing her "hoard", I decided to purge my collections. My sons have no interest in inheriting my dolls, and Christmas ornament collections.They told me, " Mom, when your gone we're donating everything, or throwing it out". I don't do eBay,or garage sales,so... I've been very busy donating to my local Thrift shop. Yes, I'm extremely sentimental,and memories are attached to many objects. For two months now I've been going through my collections. I get rid of things that I know someone else might enjoy. I've saved a lot, but I will reevaluate again. I have many albums,Cd's, dvd's, books,and other collections. There's also "Things" from my kids childhood that I have a hard time parting with. I don't like to think I'm "materialistic" as much as I feel I'm extremely sentimental, and Nostalgic. I have interests in too many subjects, which leads to the collecting. It does feel exhilarating to have a cleaner appearance, and more space in our home,and I like to think that my donations bring joy to others,it helps with the process. Please do more videos like this, I enjoy your thoughts on subjects such as this.Let us know if you were able to part with some of your "Stuff" ! Happiness always, Cindy😊🦋
Hey there Cindy! It's wonderful hearing all the various perspectives on this, and yours is particularly inspiring. Yes, being in a state of continuously reevaluating as one goes, and valuing the things we want to keep more for nostalgia/special place in our heart, rather than merely materialistic or as status symbols or fetish objects, so to speak. For sure...our respective interests can lead to lots of collecting, and knowing where to draw that line whenever at all, is an ongoing process. All the best with your own!
By the way...off the subject, the other night I had a dream that I visited Tink and you were there too! I mean, how I imagined you since I've never known what you look like. Though you had a strawberry blonde pixie cut....Is that close, or was my dreaming self way off? Ha!
Anyhow, I really do want to visit her and hopefully meet yourself along the way.
Thanks so much for sharing and being here....and the encouragement to do more of these kinds of videos. Certanily as they come up. Much love and happiness! -Carm & Meena
@@gorvo31 Good Morning Carm ! Reading your comment really made me smile ! The thought of us meeting up with Tink is as she would say, "Magical" ! Our precious Tink is going through a tough time and the loss of a loved one is indefinite. I strongly believe we will see our loved ones again in the other life. yes, it's curious to how we picture our friends who leave comments. You really channeled me ! I have Blonde hair (not strawberry) I had a "Pixie Cut" when I was little ! Your dream sounds like so much fun ! It's funny what our subconscious delivers in our dreams ! That would be another great Carm discussion ! Thanks for thinking of me, and making me smile ! Love, and Happiness, Cindy☺
@@cindyurban150 Am really feeling for our dear Tink too, and agree..we all find each other again. Oh neat, that my dreamstate wasn't too far off. 😊
Hi Cam. Great to see and hear you again. You have such a calm vibe. Much needed in the current chaos we live in. Stay well.
All the best,
Richard
Hey Richard, Thanks so much for your kind words, and glad if this provided some of that. We pretty much all could use a respite from the current climate, so to speak, in many respects. Thanks again, and best your way too. -Carm