Stuff

Posted by: GeekHiker | March 1, 2009

Stuff

As I think about the possibility of moving to a new place, I keep finding myself asking this question:

Is it just that I have too much stuff? Or is it that I don’t have that much stuff but what I do have is so bloody disorganized?

Wish I knew…

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I’m the opposite – I don’t really have all that much stuff.

The thought of boxing it up to move, however, gives me a headache.

Where ya thinking of goin’?
By: East Coast Teacher on March 2, 2009
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Hey! Earlier this year I was charged with emptying a 4 bedroom house of me AND my ex-husband’s stuff AND leftovers from various roommates over the course of 8 years. One bathroom had three different electric shavers and I’ve never owned an electric shaver. There were 14 and a half pairs of Men’s Size 13 shoes…and I am a woman with small feet. There were 10+ beer mugs and I don’t drink beer. And you would not believe the mass of electronics I had to parse through!

Anyway, it was a LOT of stuff. A LOT of stuff. But I did it.

You just take it one step at a time.

And another bit of good news– during that moving effort– I managed to loose 13 pounds! (I discovered that one day when I was trying to figure out the weight of a bowling ball I found in a closet. I stepped on the scale WITH the bowling ball and oddly enough, the scale read my usual weight.)
By: tgaw on March 2, 2009
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New apartment, same city? Or new place, new city, new state even? I’d say pick a place with air conditioning! Moving would be good, a chance to throw out all your old stuff…start fresh again.
By: Ruby on March 2, 2009
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I’m guessing a new apartment. Take the opportunity to dump the useless crap and organize the useful crap in you new digs.
By: Homer-Dog on March 2, 2009
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probably a bit of both…though i’m personally a minimalist and always trying to get rid of stuff. packing up the little that i did have 5 months ago was a major pain so i’m always trying to purge. do you hold on to certain things for sentimental value? because that is my biggest problem.
By: blakspring on March 2, 2009
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Please take some of my stuff! I get rid of at least one garbage bag worth of stuff every couple of months and have a rule that I don’t bring anything home unless I’m throwing stuff out. But I still have too much stuff! AUGH.
By: Mrs Chuck Bartowski on March 2, 2009
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The last time I moved I had to move one person 700 miles and another a mile.

It was still aggravating. Believe me, you have more stuff than you think. I gave away more stuff to charity that year than I have in a while.
By: Melinda on March 3, 2009
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Having just gone through a move myself, I would bet it is just a bit of both. Good luck!
By: Kori on March 3, 2009
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Oh, I know for sure that I have way. too. much. stuff.

I keep meaning to go through it, but it’s just too daunting of a task.

Moving, for me, is going to be a nightmare.
By: Peggy Archer on March 3, 2009
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East Coast Teacher – Yeah, I definitely have the headache!

TGAW – Yeah, but it’s always easier to throw out some one else’s stuff! LOL

Ruby – If it happens, definitely want a/c this time around!

Homer-Dog – Nice in theory, but it always seems to end up in a last-minute box anyway, doesn’t it?

Blakspring – I have a few sentimental things, but more I’m drowning in paper…

Mrs Chuck Bartowski – But I already have so much of my own!

Melinda – So, does that mean you’ll help me move too? 😉

Kori – You’re probably right.

Peggy Archer – Yeah, “nightmare” is probably a very good word…
By: geekhiker on March 3, 2009
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You definitlely are in the both category and I know this from sight. Moving is a pain no matter what; minimalist or packrat.
By: just a girl on March 11, 2009
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By: Antione Schildt on August 24, 2011
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