Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Anti-stuff
Recently I have found myself wanting to get rid of more and more stuff. Why do we have so much stuff anyway and where does it all come from? The Biddy loves to play with tupperware, and I end up wearing the same 10 items to work over and over again. So why do we have all of those baby toys and big people clothes? Stuff makes me crazy, but I keep buying it. The rule for baby stuff in this house is that all baby toys must fit into the storage bench in the living room. No room? No more toys. I need rules like that for the rest of my house. Like 25 coat hangers and once they are full, no more clothes. What about all of that winter gear for snow days? That stuff takes up tons of room. I will not buy a bigger house just to accomadate all of my stuff. Anyone out there winning the stuff-control war? I'd like to know what you do.
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I am on the anti-stuff team, but agree it's hard too keep from buying new stuff. Here's what I've done -
My big victory against stuff was buying a smaller house - no room, must get rid of the stuff.
A small help is for stuff that seems "really nice" but you know you don't need, I sell it to Snooty Fox. The Anderson one takes home items. I think I made $500 the year we moved and $200 the year after. I of course give Goodwill stuff too, but when I have a $200 pair of jeans, I sell it SF instead and then get it out of my house.
This one sucks, but I'll write in anyway. I give away or return a lot of gifts. I find that where we get lots of things, and I keep them because I love the giver, but eventually I realize I can love the giver and not the gift.
I'm intrigued to hear more ideas...
I'm sorry to say that we are most definitely losing the stuff war. We have WAY too much of it. I will be watching your comments on here to get some ideas for myself!! It's SO hard!!
hey rachel,
as far as the anti-stuff: clothes team...i organize my closet by color and type. so i see that i have a gazillion short sleeve black shirts and so when i'm out shopping i know i don't need another short sleeve black shirt.
i should also use the "one in, one out" mentatlity. if i buy X, i need to get rid of something to make space for X.
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