Free!

I've been throwing stuff out since January 2009, and I'm surprised how much stuff is still left. I've lost count of the number of signs I've written 'Free' on, takcked onto bookcases/chairs/stuff, and put out at the roadside. Same as I've lost count of garbage bag donations - 40 or 50 is my best estimate. Not counting the items sold on Craigslist.


How do we accumulate so much? Working on an overseas move, and a move of dad into a care home... I'm finding I have to consider every single thing. There will no longer be a family home to store things at. I'll probably be homeless for a long time, which isn't condusive to storage space. Which means everything will have to go into a storage locker. So I'll have to whittle everything down to the bare minimum. Such as my mom's china. I've debated back and forth on what to do with it. In the end, I've decided to get the movers to pack it properly and I'll deal with it later. I may want it, and would regret selling it. I can decide later. As for the rest, it will have to go. Pots and pans are too cumbersome to transport and are easily replaced. Even though I have memories if mom using them, sadly they'll have to go. At least I'll have the china.

After selling so many items in Craigslist - I realize how cheap Ikea furniture is. I sold some of dad's wood furniture on there, and it went like hotcakes. Ikea stuff didn't create any buzz. Its made me realize that going forward from here, if I really want to watch to watch my carbon foot, I need to buy quality items. Items that will last, items that will have a resale value so you can pass them on. Not items that will last for 10 years and then end up in landfill.

Well, I must dash, I have boxes to pack!