Re: Monday

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2019-06-11, 09:30

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
DWags wrote:

Holy cow, is it ever. When my kids came home from school this year, especially when the oldest moved back and we needed to find space for the dresser, desk, bed and that kind of shit we had bought her for MSU apartments and houses, and we put the mini fridges in the garage, and the dressers down stairs in the basement, and boxes of shit in our upstairs hallway, I got the heebeejeebee's at the amount of "stuff" we had. So, this week we started purging. OH MY GOD! The "stuff", we've kept in the basement because "Remember when", and then you just forget about it, but it's in boxes and it almost becomes unseeable because it's just been there. I need to fill my truck up three times and go to the dump yard. Not joking. Definitely 2 times. Also old paper records and shit. This weekend they're having free shredding at comerica in Livonia. I'm there. Anyway, my god the stuff that you once said "remember when" or "oh how cute" has become "why the fuck is this still here?" From the garage I'm sending a crap ton of soccer balls, roller blades in various sizes, couple of basketballs, some baseball mitts and shit like that to the purple heart or toys for tots. This will be a project that lasts till the end of June, but I'll feel good about the space and the house and myself and perhaps some of the people who will get some pretty new and barely used stuff.

Minimalism

this.

after my Dad passed away back in November, I have spent an inordinate amount of time (the intermittent times I was in North Carolina) filtering through stuff - it was overwhelming at times. And Mom and Dad lived in a fairly small house and really didn't have a ton of stuff.. but it's a reminder to live a rather minimalist lifestyle, not only for yourself - but for those that will be dealing with it when we're gone.

by **DWags** 2019-06-11, 09:56

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
DWags wrote:

Holy cow, is it ever. When my kids came home from school this year, especially when the oldest moved back and we needed to find space for the dresser, desk, bed and that kind of shit we had bought her for MSU apartments and houses, and we put the mini fridges in the garage, and the dressers down stairs in the basement, and boxes of shit in our upstairs hallway, I got the heebeejeebee's at the amount of "stuff" we had. So, this week we started purging. OH MY GOD! The "stuff", we've kept in the basement because "Remember when", and then you just forget about it, but it's in boxes and it almost becomes unseeable because it's just been there. I need to fill my truck up three times and go to the dump yard. Not joking. Definitely 2 times. Also old paper records and shit. This weekend they're having free shredding at comerica in Livonia. I'm there. Anyway, my god the stuff that you once said "remember when" or "oh how cute" has become "why the fuck is this still here?" From the garage I'm sending a crap ton of soccer balls, roller blades in various sizes, couple of basketballs, some baseball mitts and shit like that to the purple heart or toys for tots. This will be a project that lasts till the end of June, but I'll feel good about the space and the house and myself and perhaps some of the people who will get some pretty new and barely used stuff.

Minimalism

I was in my 20's. It's kind of hard with a family and kids, but yeah. I lived in a place I had a coffee pot, one regular pot, one fry pan, couple forks and spoons and knifes, bed, some furniture, stereo etc. My clothes etc. Was very easy and joyful.