A woman holds onto crystal vases and china from her marriage that ended ten years ago, unsure whether she loves them for their beauty or because of what they represent. The facilitator helps her figure out if an object triggers thoughts of her ex or just reflects her taste, offering a framework for deciding what to keep.
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I'd love to hear any big issues or questions, or like, what's really like— what's hard for you guys with regard to clutter? What's really like— yeah.
So it's been like 10 years since I got a divorce, but I have some crystals from there that I really love, like crystal vases and crystal glasses. I think they're that I don't really feel was, you know, we didn't really use it in the marriage, but it's something I love because I love crystal. Do you feel like that would be something that I need to get rid of? I mean, I have lots of it. And beautiful china that I love because I picked it up. Yeah, it's so hard, isn't it? I know.
And, you know, it's like, by the way, you're all brave for coming tonight, and particularly if you volunteer either questions or to have a clutter intervention, because our stuff is so personal. It's just like part of ourselves. It's part of our stories. It's our emotions. It's our memories. It's our history. So nothing is taken lightly here tonight. This is big stuff. And but yeah, things from, from what our wedding or that represent the wedding or marriage. So tricky because like you said, it's like, I really do love this. And yet it's from a past. Thing that's not really active anymore as far as in your life. So sometimes you have in those situations, you have to like, when I look at this item, is the first thing I think of is marriage, the marriage, or is the first thing I think of, I love this?
Because I love it.
Yeah. It doesn't make me think of the marriage at all. Okay. And then, you don't have to answer this, but I would ask like, what the, you know, how much energy is there still from, from with this person and their literally, are you in a new relationship, or if not, are you wanting one? You know, like, what's