Hoarders

 

I have been changing living spaces since my mid teen years. So packing to move is nothing new to me. We accumulate a lot of junk during our lifetime. And I don't know if this is related to geography or legacy mentality, but where I live, people are borderline hoarders. I have heard the phrase: "Keep it, we might need it" sooooo many times before. And we never need it. 

I am not immune to this mentality either, I have done it too. I still keep the training wheels of my kids bikes, even though the actual bikes already broke and I throw them away. I even keep my kids stroller, its sad I know, the kids are 10 and 6, its very sad. So I have developed a theory / practice. Every ten years or so, I imaginary move (for reals this time) and I put myself into packing mode. Then I make myself pack everything important to "bring" with me. All that remains, goes in the trash or I give it away provided it's in a usable state. 

That is my release of useless stuff mechanism. What is yours?

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