Hoarder Or Mimimalist?

I keep and collect stuff I'm interested in and I throw away or bin anything I'm not interested in, would be the easiest way to describe my characteristic when it comes to this.

I do hang on to bottle caps... I have many sandwich bags full of them. Figure if the shit hits the fan, that's my apocalypse currency and I'll be rich.

 

I am closer to a hoarder but I won't keep it if I don't have the room. The attic isn't even half full so I can collect quite a bit more stuff and not have anything cluttered.
If I ever had a fire here I would be the biggest minimalist there is. I would have a fridge, a computer, and a couch bed.
That's it.

 

Hoarder, but sometimes give it away.

 

I'd like to be a minimalist - but find that as I get older I (more store than hoard I think) hang onto thing that bring back memories = times that can never be experienced again - Children's gifts, (they grow up) Sport achievements (too old to return to the sport) item for the Grandchildren to play with / hand down to
)Guess I need a House .. and a big, store room)

 

Memories Are Priceless.......Hang On To Them.....



Cheers Glen.

 

Memories?


Sorry.... I don't recall.

 

To paraphrase - "Life without a friend (/memories) is like Death without a witness"

 

Fixed it!

 

Dirty Old Man....... .......



Cheers Glen.

 

Not old.

 

Correction..............Dirty "Middle Aged Man"...... ......



Cheers Glen.

 

*waves* That's me!

 

Experts say you can store memories digitally (photos) so you don't have to keep the actual items.

 

Yes, memories are priceless. I enjoy the presence of so many things from my past - almost everything in my home means something to me. I revel in it.

 

I love homes wherein stories are attached to all the contents.

 

Check it out. None of these places is mine, though my place isn't all that different from some of the places. http://quirkyberkeley.com/

 

I checked out the Pit Bull place. I love it.

 

Minimalist. I get anxious and stressed with mess etc i've been getting rid of things weekly for months, it feels so freeing. Why do i need lots of clothes and ornaments etc it just means more time wasted cleaning etc

 

I am kind of both.
In my home, I am a minimalist. I don't like clutter and junk laying around. It is decorated very eclectically with lots of art - I painted all over the walls and then hung paintings and tapestries over that, not to make a statement but because I run out of things to paint on so even the floor has painted designs.

But outside is another story. I have no emotional attachment to any of my things, but I make a living by selling art and lots of knick knack bullshit. I have piles and piles of stuff ready to be turned into art - old chairs, etc - and then boxes of things to be sold. I get these things free from several sources, mostly dumpsters, and then clean up what needs cleaned, make minor repairs, etc and then list them for sale online and have a yard sale couple times a year.

Fortunately I live out in the woods, no neighbors and no zoning, so no complaints about the piles of stuff.

 

Sounds cool!