So I'm moving tomorrow, packing right now. I've decided to take only what can fit in my car. A lot of what I'm bringing is art supplies and books. I'm leaving all of the unecessary clutter I've accumulated over the years behind. I mean, I have a LOT of junk. It's really freeing! I didn't realize how much weight this stuff had, and how much it's been crowding me in. I'm going down to the salvation army dropoff boxes tonight to give them my old clothes and shoes. And I'm taking my old magazines to the recycling center. It feels good to get rid all of this stuff. Posession isn't 9/10's of the law, it's 9/10's of the problem. (Lennon, of course.) How much useless junk do you have? I didn't realize until I started going through my room.
i accumulate a lot of possessions. mainly clothes. so about once every few months i go through my apartment and clean out things to donate. its really fun and satisfying.
Junk? None. I move alot, so I learned to keep it down to necessities. I've been kind of splurging here though, living in the same house for a couple of months... bought meself a nice keyboard, a fan, and a heater... the rest of my stuff is ready to be packed and out of the house in an hour.
good luck to both of you on your journeys. i am not moving again for another 2 years. but am going to visit my dad for a week next week.
Ooo, you're getting materialistic. Ahhh, I love moving to new places. You mean you're leaving in an hour, or it only takes you an hour to pack?
Haha, takes me an hour to pack, I ain't going nowhere for another 2 months. Dammit... 2 months of sitting around, at least I'm in solitude... enjoying quality time with myself.
That sounds awesome. Where I'm moving, I'm just going to be there for 3 months, then I'm off again. I'll be in the same place for a year, then I'm moving again. After that I don't know. I bet the next two months of solitude will be transforming. A lot can happen in 2 months.
Where ya be moving to? I've been living in solitude for the last 5 months, two more wouldn't hurt too bad.
Yep. I'm looking forward to the art scene and awesome public transportation. And the music, Oooooh man. I'm so excited about the music. Haha, anybody going to 2008's South by Southwest has a place to crash on my floor/couch.
That sounds awsum good luck with ur move =] i think my room needs a big cleanup soon. i havent cleaned out my wardrobe for a while either, i bet thers heaps of clothes that i dont need nemore
i just gave most of my clothes from when i was a kid away to salvation army the other day. it was about 3 garbage bags full of clothes. it really felt good to give it away to atleast someone that will wear it.
yeah, it's cool...the give-away pile is bigger than the keep pile. I might actually be able to fit most of it in my trunk. Well I actually am leaving in an hour. Bye for now, hipsters.
Oh Simplicity, I always like to talk about getting light, and all the benefits from keeping light as you journey through life. We passed a new mini storage yesterday, and discussed the fact that so many Americans now have such an overflow of materialism that they need acres of storage sheds to rent, just to keep all their "stuff". These people probably have multi-level houses with attics and basements and garages, and they might just be all full to overflowing too. I get "heavy" and uptight just thinking about it, all the responsiblities of such a load, all the gadgets that break or are broken, possibly(?) to be fixed someday, and extra items that people just can't bear to part with.(They paid alot of money for). When you can just gather up your possessions, pack them in a car or van, and be on your way, you have so many more opportunities, and if you find somewhere you like and would like to stay, you don't have a mountain of "stuff" you need to return to, its kind of a detriment to change. My family remained mobile and light even with 5 children, and it has always been our practice to pass on to others anything we really don't need. It takes organization and work to sort and order your world of materialism, but once you do, you feel light and simple and free.
