Comments on: Prejudices about collections

By: linda

linda — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:03:14 +0000

Compared to some here, I guess I must be as minimalist as it gets. I tried the collections thing in the 80's. Nothing really stuck. Someone would always buy me one of something for Christmas thinking I would start collecting something and then that would be the last one I would get or buy. Then I found out that the things I was trying to collect really had no value, so I sold everything on consignment and gave the rest away. I don't collect anything, except memories. I do wish I had some gold jewelry right now, though. I would definitely be pawning it now.

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Carnival of Minimalism Episode III — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:22:33 +0000

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By: Patty @ Why Not Start Now?

Patty @ Why Not Start Now? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:25:58 +0000

Hi there – I never thought of it this way, but you’re absolutely right. I think I’m probably a book snob, i.e. a collection of books is more worthy than a collection of something else. So I like the way you look at it. And for me, my collections have to meet the value and worth question. And I like to keep them small, just a few of each.
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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:28:20 +0000

I loved this entry.
I too love jewelry. My other collections:
Jane Austen books
Various old books of poetry
Zane Grey books
Waterford Crystal
Any blue glass items that I find beautiful.

But I have to love it to keep it.
Jennifer´s last blog ..Cosmo in November

By: lynda

lynda — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:55 +0000

I honestly used to think books were a precious collection not to be discarded – I collected them fervently through childhood and for a decent span in adulthood! The only time I willingly parted with some of them was when I desperately needed money while pregnant. It broke my heart at the time.

When I had to leave my husband I was forced to leave two walls stacked full of books and research tomes, taking only the “essentials” – at that time I hated it. Then a couple of years after that it hit me – I wasn’t reading any of the books I had brought with me, and really didn’t miss the books I had left behind!

Currently I tend to keep a few books on computer repair and operating systems that I actually DO reference on occasion, some sewing books I reference for ideas and how-to’s, as well as a few cookbooks and simple living tomes that were hard to find and I actually look at routinely. This collection takes up a single four-shelf unit, with overflow being sold or given away. I rarely purchase fiction anymore, as I only read them once – instead I borrow the book from a library or borrow a digital copy from someone.

Alas, I am not so diligent on paring down my digital book collection. I am a sucker for how-to books and it shows on my hard drive. I’m not ready to let EVERYTHING go, so this is my compromise – I can stash as many on my computer as I have hard disk space, cause moving them is as easy as a couple of clicks or picking up a single computer!

Little by little I have gleaned some of the garbage stored on my disk, but I’m not about to tackle all of it at once. That is a sure recipe for failure with this girl!
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