Thursday, September 19, 2013

One bad habit I just can't break...

Hallo meine Lieben,

I hope you are all doing great! It is still cold and windy and rainy over here in Germany but I am hoping for 20 degrees Celsius and some sunshine this weekend. 



I am happy to have my Random Thursday link-up back! This is this week's topic and you can join here.




Bad habits. Hmm. I don't bite my nails, I don't smoke....but I can't get rid of old magazines.




Especially the ones I paid a lot of money for. Science magazines, music magazines and so on. I have tried to get rid of them but I always think that I might want to read them again at some point. I have music magazines that I bought ten years ago. Maybe I can sell them to a collector at some point. You never know....
I finally recycled some old fashion magazines though. It's a start. 

What is the bad habit you can't break?
Have a lovely Thursday!


22 comments:

  1. I have stacks of magazines, most of which are really out of date and haven't been touched since I moved. I used to make collages, so sometimes I tell myself that's why I hold onto them, but really I think it's because I have trouble seeing anything published and bound containing words as disposable. Blame my bibliophilia! I missed you too - and here's hoping you get some sunshine over there!

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    1. I am glad that I am not the only one. I can't help myself, books and even magazines mean so much to me so I just can't get rid of them!
      So glad you are back! :) Missed you!

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  2. I used to have stacks of magazines as well but finally parted with them a few years back. I still miss reading them though. I wish everything wouldn't be doing digital...

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    1. How did you do that? Haha. I always think that I will want to read them again at some point! And I agree, it would be great to have a digital copy of all of them!

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  3. I still have my national geographic magazines but thats it, I just love the pictures so much!!

    My bad habit is eating too many french fries!

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    1. I can totally understand that you want to keep them! I would not want to give them away either!
      Oh, I love french fries too! Might have to make some tonight! :)

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  4. I hate getting rid of old magazines too! I always worry that I'll end up wanting them someday!

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    1. I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one!

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  5. I like your random posts - it's so fun to read especially learning more about you! Same thing, I don't bite my nails, don't smoke or can't get rid of old magazines! I usually keep old food magazines, but not fashion magazines (they are filled with unnecessary ads). It's better to reuse them for something else! I don't really have bad habits...maybe I'm a perfectionist and I am a bit indecisive sometimes (I don't even know the right answer).

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    1. I am glad you like them, Rika! :) We have so much in common! :) I agree on the fashion magazines. I rarely buy them anymore, there are just too many ads in them. I prefer cooking magazines, or science, vegan etc. megazines.
      I can be indecisive too sometimes...
      Have a lovely weekend!

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  6. I used to have horrible stacks of magazines lying around, and finally I clipped out everything I wanted to keep, used a hole punch to put holes in the pages (or glued loose pictures and such onto notebook paper) and put everything in a three-ring notebook. There are tabs in there dividing it up into clothes, makeup, food, workouts, etc. So now I have one slim notebook of everything I might want to come back to, instead of stacks and stacks of magazines!!

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    1. That is such a great idea, Martha! I have never even thought about this! But I should definitely do the same! Thanks for sharing, you are such a genius!

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  7. I used to do that, too. But now I force myself to throw them away when I'm done. I'm still making those stacks though with any papers I have instead of organizing them in folders right away...there are piles everywhere until I finally sit down and do it, which takes forever then of course ;)

    Ich druecke Dich gaaaanz feste liebste Katrin <3

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    1. I really need to force myself to clean out everything I don't need anymore. It is just so hard. Haha. I need to get better. And yeah, I am so bad with organizing my papers also. Bad habit!

      Hab ein tolles Wochenende! Ich drück Dich!

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  8. I also find it very hard to get rid of old magazines and I still have tons of teen magazines at my parents, I'd like to think I'm getting better at this as I was ale to,throw away every magazine in my apartment when I moved countries this summer - it was necessary!
    Have a nice weekend :)

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    1. Oh yeah, I also have a box with old magazines at my Dad's house. You never know when you want to read them again. Haha. I am glad I am not the only ones. I really need to force myself to get rid of some magazines too!
      Have a great weekend!

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  9. I try to throw out magazines that are older than a year - unless there is something really special in them. But hoarding seems to be a problem of mine anyway ;-)

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    1. I am so glad I am not the only one. I really need to force myself to do that too. I just can't get rid of cooking or craft magazines!

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  10. I used to keep all kinds of magazines around forever but finally, one day i just broke the habit and got rid of most of them. It felt great to be rid of so much clutter! I actually donated a good chunk of them to my kids' preschool/school because they can always use them to cut out pictures and words to make collages. Viel Spass in Deutschland. :)

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    1. How did you do that? :) Haha, I need to force myself to get rid of some stuff too! It was a great idea to donate the stuff to your kids' school! I mean, they can use them for collages!
      Danke Dir!

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  11. I used to collect magazines too but I cut them up and make collages and even shopping bags. it's probably why it was a good idea to have cancelled all my magazine subscriptions, or else I would have piles of them now.

    I can't think of any bad habits, only repeated habits that may turn into bad habits if I don't watch out. although, I used bite my nails for no good reason.

    hope you have a sweet day.

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    1. Yeah, I had some magazine subscriptions too but I cancelled most of them. Making collages is a good idea. I should do that too.

      Great that you stopped biting your nails!

      Have a good day, Lissa!

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