Good luck with the process. I know how difficult it is. And it's hard no matter if you have
6 bags or 600 bags, or any number in between.
Organization 'experts' would say that
when sorting thru clothing/accessories/etc. divide them into 3 piles.... save, toss (give
away) and undecided. Don't agonize about the undecided until you have completed
the initial sorting. Then you go back to the undecided and try to make some
progress in further deciding what to do with them.
I think this makes sense, not
that it's easy, because it's not. But the first 'quick sort' is a sort of triage...
and gives you the feeling of making some progress and not getting bogged down
by each and every decision.
And now I need to do that too. My collection is totally
out of control. And the prospect of getting it down to a more manageable size
is so overwhelming that I just keep putting off the task. I know that the number
of bags in the 'toss' pile will be small, since I've culled the collection before.
The 'keep' and 'undecided' piles will be large. But maybe I'll get into the
swing of things and make some progress. And it's not as if I won't have
any handbags left.... I'll still have more than enough bags in every color
and style. I guess I hate to 'admit having wasted all the money' I spent by getting rid of
a large number of handbags, many barely used and in pristine condition.
You have a deadline... which makes it hard, but also gives you some
'motivation'.... you have to get the job done in a certain time frame or
come up with some alternatives. And maybe hearing about my challenge
will make your solution more obvious... it's easier to be objective about
what other people are dealing with then with our own tasks. With others,
the emotions don't interfere with the logic as they do when we are
trying to solve our own problems. 😁 Is so easy to think 'how could she
have let that happen' ?)
