Qwerki Thoughts & Musings www.qwerki.rob.net
  • Thoughts & Musings
  • Pholog
  • QwerkiPix
  • Blog
  • Thoughts & Musings
  • Pholog
  • QwerkiPix
  • Blog
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

2/5/2016 3 Comments

With Memories Attached

PictureMarie Kondo lectures on finding those things that spark joy in your home when deciding what to keep and what to get rid of.
I was chatting with a friend on the phone this morning about random things and she suggested an idea for a book.  She has been confined to her bedroom pretty much for the past week or so after a surgery so has had lots of time to think.  She said she was looking about her room at the various things she has display on the wall, on shelves and on her dresser.  It occurred to her just how each item had some memory attached to it.

"Wouldn't it be a great idea to take a tour of your house and write down the story behind the items that have some special meaning for you?  How did you acquire it?  What is the story," she asked,  "that is attached to it?"

I told her it was a great idea and she should pursue it.  She said she no writing ability, but that it would be a great idea for someone with writing talent to something like that.  Although I truly believe anyone as the ability to write if they just find their voice and tell their story, I agreed it was something that would be rather interesting.  

I actually had this same idea a while back.  There are so many things with so many stories attached to them in my house that I am sure I could fill a book.  Or a blog.  Or whatever.  So I think I will see about doing just that.  I am creating a new page for this site called "With Memories Attached".  On it I think I will blog about the things I have kept and display in my house.  I know they are really just things, but they have memories attached for me that bring me joy* when I look at them.  I think it will be an interesting journey.  I'll let you know when I begin to post to it.  

*****************************

*"First, put your hands on everything you own, ask yourself if it sparks joy, and if it doesn’t, thank it for its service and get rid of it. Second, once only your most joy-giving belongings remain, put every item in a place where it’s visible, accessible, and easy to grab and then put back."
---Marie Kondo in her book 
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.  

3 Comments
Debbie Brooks
2/5/2016 11:09:28 am

Great idea, I think I will start jotting things down myself.

Reply
BETTE
2/5/2016 01:04:55 pm

I MENTALLY WALKED THRU MY HOUSE REMEMBERING ALL THE THINGS I GAVE AWAY AND THE JOY I HAD IN DOING SO
SO WHEN I CAME UPON SOMETHING TO TELL A STORY ABOUT
THERE WERE MY BAGS OF CHINESE PICTURES WHICH I AM
SO HAPPY AND FORTUNASTE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE
AND PICTTURES OF ENGLAND THESE ARE SNAPSHOTS
NOT ON A PHONE GEST MEMPPRIES
SO THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO AND SEE THE

Reply
sherry H. link
2/5/2016 06:49:32 pm

i too have many wonderful items but most of them are packed as i moving soon. but one does come to mind. in our home in Indio, Ca. ( 1943) there was a picture of a man and woman, it was a painting on a wooden board i always thought it was my mom and dad. i still have the picture just love it.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Rob McMurray,
    Muser  

    I think of myself as a Muser Extraordinaire.  :)
    I am also a Writer, photographer and garden designer.  Friend, poet, paternal companion to my animal companions. And surely more.  This is my blog and my website where I share my musings and thoughts with anyone who cares to read them.

    My Facebook Page

    Archives

    February 2021
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    June 2019
    May 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    October 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012

    All Materials Copyright by Rob McMurray QwerkiRob

Contact Me

    Subscribe Today!

Submit