Can't Fix It or When OCD and Recycling Collide
It's a problem that most people would not give a second thought. I have a couch frame. A very old couch frame. A couch that I slept on as a child - then was given to me when I moved out of the house. That puts at least 40 years on the thing right there.
I have no space for the thing. Some of the s - springs are broken. The frame itself is solid as the day it was made. The cushions are yuk and worn. I will never fix it myself - I don't have the tools or the know how. I can't throw it away. I do not know the reason. I just can't.
So, here is the dialog going on in my head about this relic. This dialog has been running in my head for 2 days straight, like it is on a loop.
The couch is old and needs repair. With repair it would be a great couch.
I can't repair it by myself. Too much work and I don't know how to do that stuff.
Even if it was repaired I would have no place to put it.
Maybe I could put it outside and use it out there.
Seems like a waste to have something repaired only to put it outside in the elements.
Maybe I could take it a part and use parts of it for something else.
Like what?
I don't know.
Seems like a waste, though. I can't just throw it away. The frame is still pretty decent.
It's strong, sure, but it's old and needs too much work! The couch is older than you are!
I don't like the idea of it going in the landfill. Maybe I could grow a vine on the frame.
You won't.
I would like to fix it.
And put it where?
But if it were repaired it would be a great couch...
This couch is driving me mad.
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Now try repeating it for basically every single item that manages to enter your home. That's what's caused me to be at the start of a certified pack rat.
Let me know if you figure out an answer. I have a beautiful bedframe, also needing a minor fix, that I need to deal with.