Comments on: The Great Purge, Part 2 http://harryandandrea.com/2010/02/15/the-great-purge-part-2/ Musings from our lives Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jennifer H. http://harryandandrea.com/2010/02/15/the-great-purge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 Jennifer H. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:01:22 +0000 http://harryandandrea.com/?p=650#comment-1762 You can do it! :) You can do it! :)

]]> By: Andrea http://harryandandrea.com/2010/02/15/the-great-purge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 Andrea Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:55:12 +0000 http://harryandandrea.com/?p=650#comment-1761 I was telling Harry that I always get the most comments on these sorts of posts. I guess I'm not the only one who struggles with this! My sticker collection morphed into a way to encourage my students on their papers/tests. So, I'm sure there are some that are still around. Although, I'm not sure whatever happened with the Lisa Frank ones. :) I'm sure I'll find them in the next few weeks. Thanks, Jill! I was telling Harry that I always get the most comments on these sorts of posts. I guess I’m not the only one who struggles with this!

My sticker collection morphed into a way to encourage my students on their papers/tests. So, I’m sure there are some that are still around. Although, I’m not sure whatever happened with the Lisa Frank ones. :) I’m sure I’ll find them in the next few weeks.

Thanks, Jill!

]]> By: Jill http://harryandandrea.com/2010/02/15/the-great-purge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 Jill Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:11:55 +0000 http://harryandandrea.com/?p=650#comment-1760 Gosh!! That has got to be so hard:) I am praying for you!! Gosh!! That has got to be so hard:) I am praying for you!!

]]> By: Deborah http://harryandandrea.com/2010/02/15/the-great-purge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Deborah Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:55:09 +0000 http://harryandandrea.com/?p=650#comment-1759 I *love* to purge things. Seeing mountains of paper go into trash bags makes me unbelievably happy. I have no room for clutter in my life (or in my apartment), and I feel very accomplished when I can go through old things and throw them away. I keep things that really do mean the most to me, but I figure if I haven't needed something in the past year, chances are I'm not going to need it in the future. And, the more you throw away, the less you have to move. Having said that, I do enjoy the memories that come back to me as I purge. I finally got rid of my old sticker collection a year or two ago, and it made me a little bit sad to remember the two of us on your living room floor, our stickers spread out as far as the eye could see, as we made trades and bargains for different stickers. I *love* to purge things. Seeing mountains of paper go into trash bags makes me unbelievably happy. I have no room for clutter in my life (or in my apartment), and I feel very accomplished when I can go through old things and throw them away. I keep things that really do mean the most to me, but I figure if I haven’t needed something in the past year, chances are I’m not going to need it in the future. And, the more you throw away, the less you have to move.

Having said that, I do enjoy the memories that come back to me as I purge. I finally got rid of my old sticker collection a year or two ago, and it made me a little bit sad to remember the two of us on your living room floor, our stickers spread out as far as the eye could see, as we made trades and bargains for different stickers.

]]> By: Nanette http://harryandandrea.com/2010/02/15/the-great-purge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 Nanette Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:38:35 +0000 http://harryandandrea.com/?p=650#comment-1758 I can relate to your angst, except that I'm not on a deadline to purge right now. One thing that came to mind as I read your post is that at least we now have the technology to eletronically scan mementos that we think we can't part with. Something tells me that if I took the time to do that, I probably wouldn't go back to look at the files, but maybe it would make me feel better. I can relate to your angst, except that I’m not on a deadline to purge right now. One thing that came to mind as I read your post is that at least we now have the technology to eletronically scan mementos that we think we can’t part with. Something tells me that if I took the time to do that, I probably wouldn’t go back to look at the files, but maybe it would make me feel better.

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