A TOOL TO DECEIVE AND SLAUGHTER (DoctorKitten)

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posted February 27, 2009 3:37 AM PST

i have so much stuff

That it would make you vomit your soul.


You see, both my parents had packrat tendencies. And after my mom died, I inherited a lot of random stuff from her, from books to china tea sets to furniture, bibelots, and kitchen ware. There's a lot of it. Plus, I am an avid reader; I own over seven hundred books. (And yes, I do read and reread 90% of them, so getting rid of them would discomfit me.)

I don't know what to do with all of it. It sometimes seems like I've had stuff in storage for the last seven years, there's so much. I know Eli is frustrated right now because our apartment barely holds what's in it--and that's not even everything! (To be fair, i told him I require 1000 square feet.)

I'm just too attached to things. I collect clothes, and books, and oddities. And am loathe to rid myself of any of it--especially anything that was my mother's, due to my deep and abiding attachment to her.

Goddamnitall.

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posted February 27, 2009 4:34 AM PST

I remember when I first moved out of the house I grew up in. I was almost 20 and I had lived there my whole life, but once all my stuff was moved out, it didn't feel like home anymore. The new place, where all my things were, felt like home. Even after 20 years, a house was just a house, but my stuff, wherever I move it, makes that place my home.

I say, keep everything. Find a way. Don't feel guilty and don't apologize.
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posted February 27, 2009 5:30 AM PST

the hardest part about moving out of my parents' home last year was deciding what to keep and throw out. not only did it take me forever, since i have the bad habit of stopping and examining every little thing, it was difficult saying goodbye to even the smallest knick-knacks. there were things i found that i'd been holding onto for 15 years simply because one time i may have thought it a good idea to have in the future. regardless, i still brought the most things into this house. all my boxes alone could hold almost 2/3 of what my three roommates brought.
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posted February 27, 2009 9:16 AM PST

See my thread "Know your stuff"

I know what you're talking about though. I'm a total packrat. you should see my "office". You can't even get to the desk without stepping over stuff. My goal is to clean it out this weekend, and then catalog all of our shit to see what we really need. Once you've got it in front of you on paper, you realize what's important and what's not. If it was so important, I probably wouldn't have kept it in a box for years, never using it. Sentimentality is a real mind fuck.
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posted February 27, 2009 10:12 AM PST

It's hard to get rid of things. What if you need it again?
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