tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572367725236482719.post8205181438329028252..comments2023-04-16T06:33:59.126-07:00Comments on Monologue Mania: Monologue Mania Day # 1364 Personal Geographics by Janet S. Tiger (c) Nov. 9 , 2017 Janet S. Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301682813349454924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5572367725236482719.post-55596753799477255022017-11-10T00:40:09.111-08:002017-11-10T00:40:09.111-08:00I enjoyed reading this. A lot. For many reasons....I enjoyed reading this. A lot. For many reasons.<br /><br />I used to never miss an episode of Hoarders on TV. I’m fascinated by hoarders, to the extent that I actually worked to help a friend who is a hoarder. I put in many hours with her at her home and at her storage locker. But that’s a story of its own!<br /><br />I’m also almost the opposite of a hoader. I aspire to life a minimalist lifestyle, and I’m about 90% there. I love empty floor space! And since my apartment is only 800 sq ft in size, it’s been a challenge. I like contemporary furniture with clean lines, and with very few ‘things’ on them. It sounds cold, but I don’t think it is. There is a lot of art, and colour.<br /><br />There was a show on TV some years ago with a fellow who helped people declutter. I remember one of his solutions was this. In one case a woman had her late grandmother’ Huge collection of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books. She loved her grandmother so much, that although she wasn’t interested in reading the books, and they collected a lot of dust, she couldn’t get herself to let them go. So he got her to pick out five of them, and he arranged them nicely and took a picture of the group of the. Then he framed the picture. She hung it and was then able to get rid of them.<br /><br />Gotta go. It’s the middle of the night, and I need to go back to sleep. Excellent monologue! And yes, to my mind it is a monologue!Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288446741026010931noreply@blogger.com