Brush off the cobwebs

August 31, 2008 - 1:32 pm PDT

Mom just left after helping me for several hours to sort through some old stuff. We’re moving in a month, so she offered to come up and help me go through what to keep, toss, or donate. It was wierd going through some of the stuff I’d had since high school, but a lot easier today than it would have been the last move (4 or so years ago). I kept the stuff I still value or might still use, and sloughed most of the rest.

It’s funny because Mom was saying she thought I had more I’d need to go through. She felt like we didn’t get much done, but I think this was coming from her perspective from when she last moved. She’s had a longer lifetime to accumulate stuff. There is definite value in going through and ridding of some of the old stuff, ’cause it makes things feel much more free and uncluttered.

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6 Responses to “Brush off the cobwebs”

Nathan

September 1st, 2008 @ 10:54 am PDT

Where are you guys moving? Seems like everyone’s moving around… Cade, us, you…

Kri

September 1st, 2008 @ 10:57 am PDT

We’re moving just outside of Keene with some friends. It’s a bit closer to my work, and not in the middle of the city.

Natalie

September 1st, 2008 @ 6:55 pm PDT

Yah I understand the sorting through stuff. We just did it as well. All the previous times I’ve moved I never really did a thorough clean-out. This time we did as thorough as possible. I couldn’t believe all the junk we accumulated. It was nice to go through the stuff that usually gets neglected, like the filing cabinet. We still have a bit more to get through, as our parents have decided to boot out all of our stuff out of their houses . Though we always knew we would have to go through all of this once we had a place of our own. Sometimes the longer you’ve had something, the harder it is to let go.

Kri

September 1st, 2008 @ 7:44 pm PDT

Yeah, I have a hard time getting rid of stuff like stuffed animals that I’ve had forever.

cade

September 15th, 2008 @ 2:00 pm PDT

hey i’m not dead…not that anyone bothered to check….but seriously

I move and suddenly everyone thinks it’s all cool and wants to do it too….

Kri

September 15th, 2008 @ 4:23 pm PDT

You’re the trendsetter Cade.

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