Posted: 7/2/2013 1:16:37 AM EDT
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...just want to get rid of most everything you own? Sometimes, I look at all the stuff I've accumulated and collected over the years and wonder why I have any of it. I mean, why do we spend so much money on random shit, just to fill the spaces in our homes? It's like that George Carlin skit where he's going on about filling your place with all this shit, and then needing to get a bigger place to fit it, but then getting more space, and filling it with yet more shit.
When I moved to Alaska years ago, everything I owned at the time fit inside of a backpack. Now, in order to move (which I'm currently doing), it's a big (and costly) ordeal. I feel like the jokes on me. 
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I know what you mean. I let the wife unit furnish away as she pleased. Now, we have a dinette set we don't use, a sectional and a love seat, a random chair, a book shelf being used as a filing cabinet, a filing cabinet being used as nothing, and a roll cart being used as a clothing stand.
The only thing that really bugs me is the sectional, love seat and random chair. It's just the two of us 99% of the time. We don't need to be able to sit 10 people. |
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Never been divorced I guess. 
My father said it best when I was getting angry about her taking all the stuff I worked for. "It's just fucking stuff, get over it, buy new stuff if you want" I'd burn and destroy everything she tried to take of mine. But then again, I'm a spiteful asshole. 
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I know what you mean. I let the wife unit furnish away as she pleased. Now, we have a dinette set we don't use, a sectional and a love seat, a random chair, a book shelf being used as a filing cabinet, a filing cabinet being used as nothing, and a roll cart being used as a clothing stand. The only thing that really bugs me is the sectional, love seat and random chair. It's just the two of us 99% of the time. We don't need to be able to sit 10 people. Married people problems. I still don't have a dining room table or chairs, and just kinda recognized the need for a larger bookshelf.
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I know what you mean. I let the wife unit furnish away as she pleased. Now, we have a dinette set we don't use, a sectional and a love seat, a random chair, a book shelf being used as a filing cabinet, a filing cabinet being used as nothing, and a roll cart being used as a clothing stand. The only thing that really bugs me is the sectional, love seat and random chair. It's just the two of us 99% of the time. We don't need to be able to sit 10 people. Married people problems. I still don't have a dining room table or chairs, and just kinda recognized the need for a larger bookshelf. This ain't even the biggest problem.
Honestly, as far as all that shit goes; all I need is a desk, couch, TV, dresser and a mattress. |
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I'm currently in the process of trying to eliminate as much stuff as I can. My family has had a history of hoarding stuff for years and years. My grandparents broke the cycle by getting rid of their multiple storage units worth of shit. I'm trying to avoid letting it build up in the first place. It's hard when you know you have a substantial amount of money into something, can't justify keeping it, and knowing you can't sell it for near what you ended up paying initially. I remember when everything I owned would fit in the trunk of my car |
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I'm currently in the process of trying to eliminate as much stuff as I can. My family has had a history of hoarding stuff for years and years. My grandparents broke the cycle by getting rid of their multiple storage units worth of shit. I'm trying to avoid letting it build up in the first place. It's hard when you know you have a substantial amount of money into something, can't justify keeping it, and knowing you can't sell it for near what you ended up paying initially. I remember when everything I owned would fit in the trunk of my car My grandfather was a hoarder. Before he passed a couple of years ago, my mother had a hell of a time cleaning up his house. In my case, though, I think I may be the opposite of a hoarder. I honestly don't have that much stuff compared to most, but sometimes I even wonder why I have more than one set of dishes, things like that. I'm single, don't entertain (as I'd rather go to other people's house and come home to a clean house), and really don't need much of anything aside from the basics and gear involved in my hobbies. A for instance, I have a ton of DVD's. I've started saving them to my hard drive so I can get rid of them and the shelf they sit on. Books? Going digital. TV? Don't watch it, pretty much use my lap top. I think I'm just getting to a point where I don't want to own more than I can fit in my truck. |
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Yes, I've got a decent amount of money in the bank, no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life, and my family is a bout to move to Hawaii, and I have no intention of going with them. Strongly considering a purge of all the shit i've amassed, hop in my vehicle, and head...somewhere. |
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just broke up and SO moved out. She had so much shit.
she took a ton of it and threw out most of it, I was still left with like a dumpsters worth of garbage. not even useful shit but like so many magazines the garbage men wouldn't lift the can, a whole closet filled with paper and plastic grocery bags, another closet filled with old pillows and comforters, cat piss and shit hiding behind a lot of the stuff. I got most of the bulk out and have kinda given up on going through all the old bills and paperwork that there was no reason to save. If you don't use it regularly throw it the fuck out or give it away. you do not need to decorate your home with crap. |
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Sometimes I feel like I have too many things, but for now I am fairly well settled so who cares?
Barring anything catastrophic, if I make it to retirement I'll sell what I can, give the rest of it away, hit the road in an RV with minimal stuff and see the country. |
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I have a lot of stuff but it's (mostly) all very intentioanally owned, useful and there for a purpose. Not just shit stacking up.
I don't mind having a lot of possessions, AS LONG AS there is space for everything, and everything is well organized and not cramped into an area, i.e. stacked or buried. As long as you have lots and lots of space, and you like your stuff, who cares? |
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Yep I started feeling the same way recently as well. Same here. Why is this happening? Want to really feel like you have too much shit. Go out camping for a few days living out of your pack, then come home and look around at the utterly useless stuff you have laying around. I toss shit about once a year, but still have to save junk. Like golf clubs, I go a few times a year, so I have to keep them stored, or my paintball stuff, same deal once or twice a year. Snowboarding gear, havent been in 3 years but want to get back into it if we get a winter with some snow ever again. So many tools, I have shelves of them, one shelf just for concrete countertop stuff, tiling stuff, carpentry, my whole corner full of traps and stretchers. All of it useful but only for a little bit each year, so annoying. |
| I feel the same way too. At one point everything I owned would fit in a regular size laundry basket (not to include my car.) I did just fine with that small amount of stuff. Now, when we move it's going to take a large moving truck and a lot of bother. A wife and kids will understandably add to the pile a bit, but even my stuff by itself is way out of control. It's definitely harder to get rid of it than it was to acquire it. |
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Oh yes. I lived in NYC for a few years and when I moved back to MN, I could only bring two SUV's worth of stuff back. It was quite liberating to throw away all that crap.
Another thing, my building had a major fire about a year ago. My unit was right next to the flames and we couldn't go back into the building for a while. For 14 hours I did not know if I lost everything or not. I think I paniced for about 2 minutes but a sense of relaxation came over me. It dawned on me that I could now move back to NYC or Florida or anywhere. The only possession I'd have is my car and my CCW. New clothes, new music, new hobbies, no more guns. It was quite liberating having the thought of my life changing around like that. The fight club quote? To appreciate everything we have to loose everything, or something like that. My apartment was untouched though so I'm boring old me. |