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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I have a problem. I have 30 years worth of 'life' that I need to sift through. What do I keep? What do I give away? What goes in the yard sale? What do I do?????? |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Sorry, can't help you there. I'm the type of person that keeps everything. I even have all my old ATM receipts. I don't even bank there anymore. To me everything is a symbol of my past. But if you really want an opinion, give up the old clothes and keep everything else. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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JOY 14 Senior Member
since 1999-09-22
Posts 1419Wisconsin USA |
I'm going to have the exact same problem in 15 years. Actualy I'm going to have that problem in about 5 years or so. When I go to college or move out of the house. I want to keep like everything. Can I take the carpet with me? lol I guess I'd keep whatever has sentimental value, (for me that's practicaly everything) Could you live w/o it, emotionaly or phsyicaly? Then out it goes! Joy |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
LOL you know how many times I've been in this predicament? When you tend to look at the WHOLE picture, it becomes overwhelming. Pick one room! Then one corner of that room. Start sorting through stuff. Rule of thumb. If I haven't wore it, looked at it, used it in a month or more, I won't need it. I'm one that's good for going well, maybe it might come in handy. Maybe I might need this. And then it becomes difficult to get rid of anything. If someone else can use it, it goes in the garage sale. If someone else wouldn't be interested in it, and you haven't used it in a couple months, then it goes to the garbage. Once you get started, and have really "gotten" rid of some things, it then gets easier to do the rest. By the time you're done, you'll be throwing things over your shoulder going, not taking it, garbage. LOL Seriously, I have many, many boxes of books. Even all the weeding out I did with the many moves, I still have at least 5 boxes worth of 'stuff' in the garage. I've been here 2 years, and I guess they could have gone, because I haven't missed them thus far.  |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Miss in knee deep, "hehe" I live in a rather small house and have three teens, so space is really tight so once I desided I was no longer going to trip on something EVERYTIME I wanted to reach another room I got rid of everything not needed to live, I am the one who suports T.J.Max or should I say used to (pating self on back) I started a pile or should I say mountain in the basement and once a year I go through it and get rid of everything just like WhtBove said, by then I have'nt used it and there for don't need it, I also found that if you know someone in need its easyer to give it away and it helps out someone to. I found when I used to have yard sales I would end up keeping some of the stuff I put in the sale to get rid of, plus we can not have yard sales on this hill there is NO Parking single lane road, so anything I didn't give away goes to Good Will, I would come help but you are rather far away, Good Luck,,, Love, Cerenity |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Well I'm pretty younge......but I got rid of everything before the age of 14....So I'm pretty much starting out new.  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Start in the attic and work your way down... Just keep the computer..  |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
I'm a total packrat. I have drawings and photos done when I was teenager, and books I bought even before that. The only reason I don't still have old clothes is because they seem to, uh, shrink every few years. Four years ago, when I moved from California, I had a four-bedroom, 3500 sq ft home that was full of "stuff." I rented absolutely the biggest truck possible, and still had to get rid of "stuff." Full gym. All my yard and pool furniture. Enough plants to start a small nursery. Lots and lots of "stuff." Almost four years later, most of the "stuff" I packed is still in storage. And ya wanna know something? I haven't found anything yet that I really miss. It's all just stuff. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I know, I know......sigh. How can I get rid of my books? I can get rid of furniture, clothes, kitchen stuff and knick knacks..but the BOOKS???? I think I need to read some Thoreau again... |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Sharon, books do NOT qualify as "stuff." Leave the furniture. Forget the clothes. But pack the books. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
The books are like parts of ME!! I have NEVER been able to give away a book...Some are dog eared from reading them over and over. Some are so old I am afraid to open them too often. Some hold treasures of old newspaper clippings... Who do you know that has the complete set of 1932 Good Housekeeping magazines? Me. Who do you know that has 3 extremely funny (no not meant to be) 'manners' books? Me. Who do you know that has 9 HUGE dictionaries (like all your phone books together would make ONE). Me. Who do you know that has 7 yearbooks dated from 1922 to 1931 (not a relative in the bunch). Me. I could no more leave these behind than I could stop writing. They are my treasures.... |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
I hear ya PdV. Most of my stuff is with Heather in Oregon...there was only so much I could pack in two 1970-era Army duffle bags. Now, on those occasions when I had all my life with me, well, about every 6 months I'd go through everything (except books). Papers got sorted into definately need and hefty bag. Clothes (except for winter wear) got divided into have worn over the last 6 months and still fits/good shape, and everything else which always stayed in the closet. The latter category got put in a hefty bag and taken to a local shelter. (But since I'm slight of build, I'm not sure who would be able to fit into those things....) My IDIC (Infinite Diversity, Infinite Category) boxes got thoroughly sifted through, and usually ended up a lot emptier. Perhaps all this sorting is psychological, being a deep rooted reaction to my mom, who saves EVERYTHING. She still has magazines from the 60's, all fused together into one lump, which she still plans on making a scrapbook out of with the clippings. When I was down there in 99, she still had closets stacked with solid lumps of fused wood pulp. Alicat “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Sharon TAKE the books! Just cause the boxes are heavy, doesn't mean you can't take em. Things like that can't be replaced, take em. Don't make me come out there and pack your house.  I'm an expert at it now ya know. LOL |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Where are you going Sharon? "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. [This message has been edited by acire (edited 03-08-2001).] |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Just get a BIGGER house and keep it all, like any true packrat would... Michael |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I'm moving acire - sometime this next year (after September). Destinatin now is Florida - to be near my daughter. Though I am tempted to park in New Orleans! And I want to get a smaller place, I have a three bedroom house now and will end up in a two bedroom condo I think. I have very simple tastes - a chair, a bed, some books and my computer!  |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
You can come visit me in Atlanta PDV!!!! that's where I'll be in college! I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
I live in Atlanta too, Sharon...we need some good writers here to stir things up! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Geez, you couldn't have moved there when I lived closer?? LOL I guess either way you go, I'm still in the middle. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Tell you what, if I win a lottery, I'll buy an RV and travel around the world meeting all of you, how's that!!??? |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I feel a poem coming on: having tea with PdV in her Winnebago RV!! |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
There she goes again!!!!! haha Yes well Atlanta is your numbero uno stop on the tour! I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
Hehe.. you should see my room.. I HATE to throw things out.. I have so many things I have kept 'coz they might come in handy.. or for memories.. but I don't even know I have half of them.. I had a cleanout a while ago and found a whole history of 'things' I'd forgotten I even collected.. yep, if u win lottery make sure you come to New Zealand! (I am so tired, and it's 12:30am now.. so, um, I think I'll go to bed.. ^^ G'night ppl) -Lynne |
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