I’m a mixture of the hoarder, the deferrer, the perfectionist and the sentimentalist. When I was young (less than 15 years-old), I’m more of hoarder and sentimentalist. When I was in tertiary education, I was more of deferrer and perfectionist and less hoarder and sentimentalist.
The
hoarder saves everything that might be useful and refuse to throw away. I used to
save my worksheets, my notes, old magazines, TG camp station props, boxes, bottles and etc.. When I was young, I will collect others’ discarded items. I tend to save everything that can be recycled. It is good to be
GREEN, isn't it? Hoho.. I think I pick up the habits from my parents. Hoarding is rooted in insecurity, financial or otherwise. We used to be very tight in cash when I was young. It is not easy to when u have four kids and one breadwinner. Rite?
The
deferrer always waits till tomorrow. Mousey tends to procrastinate. Cuz there is a lot more important things than de-cluttering. Haha.. Mousey shall stop giving excuses.
The best remedy: ACTION. *Yes Yes*
It is easier to keep a rolling stone in motion than it is to pick it up and start it rolling the first time.
The
perfectionist lives in an all-or-nothing world. I used to wait till I have all the necessary things before I shall clear my stuff. I would tell myself that when I have all boxes, I will start to pack my stuff. I used to have the thinking that I must have the whole day to do packing. I must have everything before I can start.
I will wait for perfect day, perfect time and perfect materials to start my perfect task.
The
sentimentalist will keep everything –
school papers, faded greeting cards, souvenirs and etc. I used to keep all my greeting cards (CNY, Christmas, teachers’ day and birthday), my letters (my pen-pals, my classmates and my ex-students), all my camp booklets, my report books, my organizers, my secondary chemistry (my fav subjects) worksheets and notes, my tertiary notes, my musical productions tokens and etc. Hohoho.. The list will go on and on.
Labels: ~Inner World~
