I Have Too Much Stuff.

When we were under evacuation alert this summer, I stood in my closet and packed the few things that really mattered. Funny, all the rest as much as I thought they were essential no longer had any meaning. I’ll be donating more clothes soon. Comfortable clothes are essential for working around the house, I just don’t want to look slovenly. Nor do I want to be overdressed.

In the basement workshop I set up a big bag for things that need to go. My biggest weakness is keeping things for travel, just in case I need them.
 

GeorgiaXplant said:
C'mon, guys! What the heck are you saving the good stuff for? Enjoy it! Wear it! Use it!
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My whole life, I have saved and saved and saved! Recently, I realized that my "nice" clothes fit a younger me, and there was no one come to eat dinner on the "good dishes".....

I have closets & cabinets full of "good stuff", and it's all going to waste! Now, I'm trying to learn to use the good stuff first. It's not easy to change life habits, but I'm working on it.
 
I am the lone non-pack rat in my immediate family. I continually get rid of things, but never anyone else's things. I am amused when family members go through my donations boxes. They say, we should keep that, we might need it someday. But they have never used that stuff even once.
 
Things do accumulate don't they. I'm not a collector, but I have a hard time parting with neat things. I have several calculators and slide rules that I take out and look at once in a while. The same with my pipes that I used to smoke. I have no use for them now, but I couldn't part with them. I still have every camera we have owned. They are useless now and not worth much.

I have donated a bunch of books to the friends of the library. But, there are still a few shelves worth I probably won't read but still want. Clothes, I don't have a problem with. I generally don't buy any until the old ones start wearing out. Yesterday, my wife took three big bags of hers to Goodwill.

I've had several computers, and I did trash most of them. But, my TI 99/A and Commodore 64 are still in the attic, along with their monitors and accessories. Too many fond memories. Same with my short wave receivers.

I feel a little guilty for leaving junk for my heirs to dispose of. But, as long as I have the room for it, it's my happy stuff.
 
Remy said:
This isn't my picture. I swiped it off the internet. I have this cookie jar. It's wrapped up in towels next to the bed and wall. I got it at a thrift store over 20 years ago. One listed on Etsy for 85 dollars. Another on ebay for over 90. Some things I have to keep. But I don't have counter room here and my tabby...
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just take a picture and put it on Ebay, and facebook market place right now... and while it's making money you can be carrying on with finding more things in the house which will make you some extra cash
 
hollydolly said:
just take a picture and put it on Ebay, and facebook market place right now... and while it's making money you can be carrying on with finding more things in the house which will make you some extra cash
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Or, if you simply want to get rid of items and don't care about making money, try Listia.com.
Some people charge shipping fees, but the point is giving away items in many different categories for free.
 
JaniceM said:
Or, if you simply want to get rid of items and don't care about making money, try Listia.com.
Some people charge shipping fees, but the point is giving away items in many different categories for free.
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you can put it on FB marketplace for free too..:)....unfortunately Listia.com has been steadily going downhill for a while.. but it's still an option...

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.listia.com
 
My mother always bought clothes in a couple of sizes smaller than she could wear. She planned to shrink in to them. She had tons of clothes with the tags still on them, collected over the years. When she sold her house and bought another one, she only kept one closet full of those clothes. My sister donated them when she died. My mom was excellent at donating her belongings, too.

Her house never looked cluttered, no matter where she lived. It was all stowed away in cabinets or closets.
 
RadishRose said:
What is this cookie jar bringing to your life Remy?
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You are right. At this point nothing but I keep having the hope that I will move and have counter space for it. I used to have it displayed on the counter at that house I owned. But my two cats then were much better. Even at 10 1/2 my tabby is a bad girl. So wrapped up it stays but I'd like to keep it. Some day it could go to PAWS but not right now.
 
Took 3 boxes and 3 bags to PAWS thrift yesterday. I found a few more things today. Right now I only have about 5 small to medium boxes packed. Lots of it is cat figures and I won't get rid of those. I want to get rid of a chest in the closet, a chair and a shelf if I can get one of the local charities to pick up from an upstairs apartment (my understanding is that salvation army won't) I'd like to get another little china cabinet for the cat figures and I put the cat cookie jar on top of the kitchen cupboards. My tabby can't get up there. Yet.
 
I literally had to buy a small barn for storage. Turns out it is too big but I will fill it up for posterity.🤣
 

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