My 246 vintage necktie a-ha

After making the decision to get rid of my 246 vintage neckties without a suitable recipient, I've had an a-ha. 

Originally, I saw this as a black and white decision - keep the ties or don't keep them.  That was it.

After looking at my selling and giving away options (98% of the ties are at least 20 years old so they wouldn't be appropriate to donate to a dress for success type of charity), I was just about to throw in the towel. 

I'd posted them for sale on Craig's List - with one nibble.  Then I posted them for free on Craig's List - no nibbles (which was clue number one).  I blogged about them and finally posted them on Facebook. 

After reading the Facebook comments - donate, art project, make stuff to sell, one person wanted a few - I had my a-ha.  This doesn't have to be a black and white decision and to pay attention to how much effort I've made in order to GIVE them away with no takers. 

Yes, I hear the universe when it's shouting at me and all that yelling has supported me in my decision. 

I'm going to do the following:

• sort out a selection for a friend so she can pick and choose what she might want
• after her decision, then I'll sort out the ties I love and want to use (in my sewing projects)
• call a local theater to see if they'd like the donation of the ties I don't want
• donate the rest to a charity/thrift store

I'm so grateful that I've had all sorts of ups and downs about the ties in the past couple of weeks.  It has supported me to come to this a-ha that I had more than one option and that I'm calling the shots and can do whatever I want with them (meaning I don't have to do the whole all or nothing decision). 

Yippee!  I also realized that because I was willing to get rid of all of them - it helped me to make a clearer decision about keeping some of them.  Now I don't feel like I'm going back on my decision, I'm simply making a better, more informed decision. 

What's something that you see only as black and white that you might have more options?  How can you remind yourself to step back and see multiple possibilities in everything you do, decide and understand?

I'd love to hear your comments and discoveries.