Trash
All of these bins and boxes which I accumulate. The product, mostly, of various moves during which I would purge a bunch of crap, but pile other crap into bins and boxes. So I cart them around, and never look in them. Never go near them. Would it really be such a tragedy if next weekend I just started dumping their contents into the trash, down in the basement, without looking at any of it? What would be lost? If all any of it is good for is sitting in bins and boxes, what’s the point of actually keeping any of it? Would it feel good to just be rid of it, all (or nearly all) at once? Or would it feel like I’ve done something wrong, even if I have no earthly idea what’s even in any of them anymore? What would happen, really, if it all just went away?
January 7th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Heh. That’s funny. I’m in the same place, worrying about “what if I need that sometime. I would think it’s best to look in the boxes and make sure there’s nothing you want to keep. If you can’t imagine using it in the next five years, get rid of it. That’s sort of the criteria I’m using. And I have a lot more stuff than you.