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Got you beat. I've only got two, as in two housefuls of stuff. And a couple of cars. And a couple of kayaks...dammit!
Got you beat. I've only got two, as in two housefuls of stuff. And a couple of cars. And a couple of kayaks...dammit!
While I am all for a decluttered living environment, arbitrarily limiting myself to 100 items (or whatever) is more likely to deprive myself of some of the things whcih give me pleasure and which I have worked hard for. My wine fridge alone would come close to having 100 bottles in it at a time.
Well that little problem would be easily fixed if you invite us all over for drinks, we can soon reduce that 100 bottles to 1 in no time.
Got you beat. I've only got two, as in two housefuls of stuff. And a couple of cars. And a couple of kayaks...dammit!
On the other hand, I have been decluttering for several years and at the moment I am "full steam ahead" on this project. The anticipation of an interstate move via rental truck has certainly caused me to think twice about each item and whether or not I really want it.
I can't even begin to imagine how much stuff a person would accumulate who lives in the same house for 40+ years. What a nightmare for the heirs to sort out later on. It is really easy to squirrel things away, thinking "I might want that some day" when really, I won't.
I can't even begin to imagine how much stuff a person would accumulate who lives in the same house for 40+ years. What a nightmare for the heirs to sort out later on. It is really easy to squirrel things away, thinking "I might want that some day" when really, I won't.
Aren't we twins or what?One problem I find with keeping something that I might (will) need later or even buying something that is a good deal that I will need later is that when later gets here I can't find it.
I've tried setting aside a place but even then I'll forget that the extra monitor cable is in the second drawer of the cabinet in that room over there. Instead I'll go look in the box on the top shelf of the closet in that room or whatever. Then I give up and go buy a new one. Then next week I find the one I had saved. Sigh.
If you're gonna save stuff, and have it do you any good, you have to be very, very organized. You a need a system or systems of categorization, storage, and lookup. I take this probably to an extreme: I know exactly where every single thing I own is, down to every paper clip and penny. Sounds a bit weird, but I've never regretted it.
The growth of the storage industry reflects the excess inventory that many of us have accumulated. It's mostly "waste", as people haven't used most of the stuff for years, and will probably never use most of it again.
If I move house again, I will take the opportunity to minimize my "stuff". But there is no way I could survive on 100 things. (emphasis added)
Yep, we do that too. In Houston when we moved we did that as a "housecooling" party just before we moved, and our guests had to *take* stuff we weren't going to move instead of giving us more stuff in a housewarming.Me too. Step one: anything that never got unpacked after my last move isn't coming with me on my next move!
Yep, we do that too. In Houston when we moved we did that as a "housecooling" party just before we moved, and our guests had to *take* stuff we weren't going to move instead of giving us more stuff in a housewarming.
Yep, we do that too. In Houston when we moved we did that as a "housecooling" party just before we moved, and our guests had to *take* stuff we weren't going to move instead of giving us more stuff in a housewarming.