Any other squirrels out there?

I am a hoarder - bigtime. I don't know how I accumulate so much crap, but I love and "need" it all - I just moved and it was harder this time than ever. I can't bear to part with any of it, but it has to stop. It's gone way too far. And I'm moving into a new - small - apartment with very, very little storage room.

Where m I gonna put it all? How dya sort what's useful, from what's sentimental, from what "may come in handy", from what I "may wear again some day", from what's clearly rubbish... how dya get rid of junk you love?

I still have - and wear - dresses I got when I was 15/16, for Christ's sake.

Any other hoarding types out there?

Tags: belongings, hoarding, home, junk, moving, rubbish, sentimental, stuff, trash

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Permalink Reply by Charlee on June 2, 2009 at 1:29pm

Haha YES. I am AWFUL. I have so many storage spaces - in addition to the sh*t I have at my parents homes. When I visit them, I don't even need to pack because I have so much stuff there! Yeah, sad!

I think I have a mental block about it because my mother throws away EVERYTHING (including some of my stuff) and I remember hearing about her old toys etc. and wishing she had kept them.

Or maybe I'm just nuts.

So the answer is, I cannot get rid of it, but hope to learn how to someday because I agree that it has become a bit ridiculous!

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Permalink Reply by SassyGirl on June 3, 2009 at 11:22pm

I'm like you, I keep everything. When I moved out of my parents home, I only took things I would be using and kept all the sentimental stuff at their house. If you have a "permanent home," that would be the best place for things you're not going to use but don't want to throw out. Or you could rent a long-term storage area?

As for non-sentimental things, I make a yearly donation to Goodwill with clothes I know I'm not going to wear again, or will only wear once so it's not worthwhile to keep.

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Permalink Reply by Eleni on June 4, 2009 at 3:46pm

Yes, I have the same problem--it seems everything either "may come in handy" or has sentimental value. I have all the junk stored up from my childhood still in my bedroom at my parents' house. One of these days they are going to want to reclaim the room, and I will have to sort it all out. I am dreading it. Obviously I have been living without most of it since going to college, but still I somehow can't bear throwing anything away. And I'm talking major junk--clothes from when I was 14, high school papers, kid's meal toys, birthday party favors--ugh. It's disgusting when I put it in those terms. In particular, I have a very impressive stuffed animal collection that I don't think I could bring myself to give away. Old clothes are one thing, but how can you throw away something cute and cuddly with big eyes?

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