Stuff. I don’t know about the rest of the world but we Americans keep alot of “stuff”. Stuff, stuff and more stuff. Some of it is good stuff, some of it is just plain garbage, why do we keep all this stuff? Yes, some of you might think I sound a bit like George Carlin and his “stuff vs shit” bit.. but you know he has a point.
Between watching television shows about cleaning house and hoarding and recently cleaning out my own father’s collections… I feel conflicted about what to do with “my” stuff. Books and papers and pictures and trinkets, trains, planes and automobiles… what can one person do with all this stuff? It’s so overwhelming.
My father was a collector of all the stuff mentioned plus more. He treated it not only as a hobby but like a savings account. It was going to be his retirement job. He passed away late last year and now my brother and I are trying to figure out what to do with all his “stuff”. For whatever reason my brother feels sentimental about it all and wants to keep it. Sure there are a few momentos I would like to have, but I don’t need 150+ boxes of MORE stuff…. I have my own! Obviously, I would like to sell it.. but how do you convince someone that they don’t need more stuff? Ugh. I miss you daddy, but OMFG the stuff!
I beg people to take a look around them, sell some things, throw some things away! Manage your stuff so that someone who loves you doesn’t have to make these decisions.
Thank you!
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