Thursday - October 14, 2004
A shredder is cheaper than therapy.
I own a shredder. I also own a laminating machine,
a pair of metal calipers and a halogen table lamp that weighs as much as a
table. But this story is about the
shredder.
I've been shredding my past since the start of the week. My life is now confetti.
I must say- the more I shred, the lighter I feel. I barely glanced at 1995 as it joined strips of 1996. I have a shirt that says "Go to hell - and say hello to my ex-boyfriends." I didn't shred that. Most everything else that had to do with exes and semi-exes went through shredder teeth. And bad sketches, and Tarot notes, and calculations of jewelry component prices, and lists of things to do that I hope were done, and currently-irrelevant magazine articles. Karen Kingston says once you've integrated things like that into your aura, they've already become part of you, so you don't need to keep the physical reminders around. By lessening your tethers to the past, you free space for the future. I've filled two large garbage bags already. If all goes well I'll be able to shred more tonight while watching Kingdom Hospital.
Antubis, the anteater on Kingdom Hospital, would make a very good shredder. "You do me a solid, I'll do you a solid."
I've been shredding my past since the start of the week. My life is now confetti.
I must say- the more I shred, the lighter I feel. I barely glanced at 1995 as it joined strips of 1996. I have a shirt that says "Go to hell - and say hello to my ex-boyfriends." I didn't shred that. Most everything else that had to do with exes and semi-exes went through shredder teeth. And bad sketches, and Tarot notes, and calculations of jewelry component prices, and lists of things to do that I hope were done, and currently-irrelevant magazine articles. Karen Kingston says once you've integrated things like that into your aura, they've already become part of you, so you don't need to keep the physical reminders around. By lessening your tethers to the past, you free space for the future. I've filled two large garbage bags already. If all goes well I'll be able to shred more tonight while watching Kingdom Hospital.
Antubis, the anteater on Kingdom Hospital, would make a very good shredder. "You do me a solid, I'll do you a solid."