Linda’s prompt for this Saturday Stream of Consciousness..
Accumulate
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “accumulate.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Well, seeing as it is the day it is for me… my birthday, what better thing to write about than how I have managed to accumulate 41 years beneath my belt!
Oh, and by ‘under my belt’ I mean all that squidgy stuff I am currently trying to get rid of! You can hoard quite a bit under there if you aren’t careful!
Now, in 41 years, I have manage to accumulate a lot of stuff. From toys, to books, (you all know that!) to clothes and jewellery. From photos and physical momentos, to those memories held tightly within my heart and mind.
I wonder whether I am a hoarder. Should I not let go of some of this stuff? The physical stuff at least? But when I look at everything, there is so much emotion attached to each thing, I can’t do it! Ok, I lie. I manage to clear out my wardrobe with relative ease. I can whizz through the kids things pretty quickly, but it’t the other stuff, the memories, the photos, the momentos that I can’t bear to part with.
But I love them all. They take me back to a different time of my life, and bring back all the emotions from that time.
So for now, if you don’t mind, I am keeping my accumulations, and I’m pretty sure there will be plenty more added to the piles over the years to come!
Have a great day!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Sep 09, 2016 @ 16:11:12
I’m so sorry I didn’t see this last week! Hope you had a wonderful birthday, Ritu! 😀
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Sep 09, 2016 @ 16:50:14
Thank.you Linda 😀😀😀
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 23:15:30
Too funny Sister!! Happy birthday weekend !!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 23:22:19
It’s me Brother!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 23:27:27
And that’s awesome Sister!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 23:28:24
😍
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 22:05:57
It is hard to let go of trinkets and other memorabilia when each thing brings back a special memory. Best wishes, again, for a happy birthday! 🙂
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 22:16:58
Thank you again 😍😍😊
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 21:38:51
It’s the special memory things that get me too, Ritu. Happy birthday!!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 21:48:18
So hard eh Laura! Thank you 😊
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 21:35:41
Happy birthday. I agree that things with an emotional attachment are the hardest to de-clutter.
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 21:47:46
Thank you Wendy.
I’m an emotional person… it’s far too hard!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 21:23:25
Happy Birthday!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 21:34:13
Thank you so much Bee 😊
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 18:02:24
You are winner of a gift from my blog this week.
I await your email message.
reading: paintdigi.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/a-gift-every-week-new/
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 19:08:21
Thank you 😊 and on my birthday too!!!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 19:14:03
Happy Birthday. Long life (125 years), full of health, success and happiness.🌻🎁💋
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 19:14:29
😍
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 17:22:14
It’s true the accumulation happens so fast and there are so many little things it’s hard to let go of…
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 17:32:53
You’re telling me… I’m surrounded!!!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 17:36:22
I have tried with only marginal success to find the “Life-changing magic of tidying up” lol. 😄
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 19:05:56
If someone knows they should bottle it. Would make a fortune!!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 17:12:18
I totally feel you. It is always too hard to let go of all those things that have a memory attached to them.
Happy Birthday. 😀
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 17:32:12
Thank you! I do try… it’s too hard!!!
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Sep 04, 2016 @ 03:45:05
I know, I know.
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 15:55:17
penblwydd Hapus i chwi Ritu. I hope the day goes well. At 41 you’re still a spring chicken so you can easily manage the ebb and flow around the waist. At my age I have a permanent lifebelt there so no waistline anymore, I have to wear braces instead of belts.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 15:59:10
Aw! All the more to love then David! Thank you 😍
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 12:19:50
Gosh, a lot of time to accumulate the most varying things!!! Happy Birthday again, sweet sis 😘
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 12:30:22
Thanks again sweet sis! I seem to spend my days collecting… Then sorting… Then collecting… Then sorting lol!!!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 12:44:46
LOL….. sounds pretty familiar… 😄
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 12:56:30
Hee Hee!!!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 11:56:10
Happy Birthday, Ritu !
Susie
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 12:09:39
Thank you Susie 😍
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 10:20:03
happy birthday dear sis!
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 10:20:50
Thank you so much Bhai 😊
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 09:27:38
Happy birthday Ritu 🙂
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Sep 03, 2016 @ 09:44:52
Thank you Irene 😍
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