Useful or beautiful  by boxplayer

Useful or beautiful

A motto to live by if you can be disciplined enough. As opposed to have everything in your house because you think it will come in useful one day or you can't bear to throw it out.

Rainy non-working day. Sainsbury's delivery first thing before a morning dental check-up (all good and some scraping). Afternoon cycled in full waterproofs to pick up my new lenses for my glasses - lowered long distance prescription and slightly higher close-up prescription, seem okay.

Off to session later.

18 October 2023
Walthamstow E17
I always say this, useful, pretty or sentimental. Doesn't work all that well tho! You're the same as Ed tho, keeps everything 'just in case' whereas I just get lazy about sorting out the rubbish all the time.
October 18th, 2023  
I have the bad habit of keeping everything 'Just in case'!

Ian
October 18th, 2023  
Two excellent qualities!!
October 18th, 2023  
Love it I really enjoy getting rid of stuff if not used in the past year
October 18th, 2023  
Brilliant! Interesting words
I call decluttering ‘sharing’ - it’s so great to share
October 18th, 2023  
Love the letters
October 18th, 2023  
Wise words, but not ones I'm good at following!
October 18th, 2023  
I have this motto on a mirror, but I'm not that good at heeding it!!
October 18th, 2023  
A great motto, but don't think I could stick to it
October 18th, 2023  
My house is full of stuff that I thought might be useful one day!
October 18th, 2023  
@berelaxed 😊 this is opposite the William Morris Gallery where he lived for a while when young
October 18th, 2023  
Well that is excellent advice! I probably need to get rid of stuff!
October 18th, 2023  
Our house is full of things that will be useful one day or things we can't bear to throw out. We have moved house 16 times and lived in 3 different countries and just take it all with us, ha ha.
October 18th, 2023  
I have difficulty following that mantra Box' and what I think is beautiful may not match Jane's idea of beautiful !!!
October 18th, 2023  
I should follow that, but ...
October 19th, 2023  
Yikes. I feel so seen. I pondered the quote, thought I had good answers... until I realized my answers were more like "because you think it will come in useful one day or you can't bear to throw it out."
October 19th, 2023  
Love that quote. If I have something I haven’t used in a year, out it goes.
October 19th, 2023  
I totally agree, but unfortunately I have a husband having a completely different attitudes.
October 19th, 2023  
Excellent motto if only I could follow it
October 19th, 2023  
I have tried that. Can't do it either!
October 19th, 2023  
Ha ha ... discipline required for that, right enough!
October 19th, 2023  
If I were to follow this I might empty half of my house, hehe. Lovely find thiugh and a great shot.
October 19th, 2023  
I am definitely not that disciplined
October 19th, 2023  
Great find and capture
October 19th, 2023  
Words to live by ... but hard to do
October 19th, 2023  
Interesting words … I love it when my kids both when they were younger and now as adults ask me “ I don’t suppose you’ve got ……? And however random the thing was I had one! So yes my very small house has lots of stuff in it!
October 19th, 2023  
October 20th, 2023  
@onewing ha ha that's classic
October 20th, 2023  
@phil_howcroft always a problem...
October 20th, 2023  
@tapucc10 wonderfully disciplined 😊
October 20th, 2023  
@yaorenliu oh yes similar
October 20th, 2023  
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