Packing

[teri88]

Throw it out....throw it all out! We moved last year after 16 years inthe same house....I am still boggled by the sheer amount of crap we had acumulated. I threw away hundreds of bags of stuff! I've become very minimalist! This house we are only going to be in for 3 or 4 years so I know I'll have to do it all over again. Packing is one of the worst things to have to do! You have my sympathy.

[Shada]

Packing for a move is the worst thing in the world. I hate it!! Everytime I move I accumulate more stuff. I have been here now, in this home, for 9 years, look around knowing I plan on moving in 8 more years when I retire, back to my second home state of Arizona. When I moved back here to Michigan 24 years ago, I didn't have all that much. Now!!! A lot more!! My problem is I have things around me that I love, enjoy.. yes material items, but still loved by me. I don't want to get rid of anything! When I move again it will be a nightmare.

I feel for you Judy. Not an easy task.

[Gina]

On a serious note , Judy when I moved from Bklyn I had to clean out 40 yrs of memories of my parents. Talk about stuff whew.. I gave to the salvation army and several local churches and threw out bags and bags of old stuff. I still have a lot of stuff that I couldn't part with..It is now sitting in my garage.. next move out it goes lol

[Janet]

I have a hard time letting some things go. Some one told me once, that if I'm never going to use it again..then take a few pictures of it and let it go. That way it won't take up near as much space. Usually it's not the item itself...just the memory it carries.

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Janet

I have a hard time letting some things go. Some one told me once, that if I'm never going to use it again..then take a few pictures of it and let it go. That way it won't take up near as much space. Usually it's not the item itself...just the memory it carries.

I'm going to have to think about this picture idea. I have some things that will never be used, but it's hard to part with them. Some of it is just junk, but it has memories. We so need to clean things out. The attics and a couple of closets are really bad.

[HALEY]

What i do is once a year i pack up all the junk in the house and donate it to the local church. It makes me feel good, another plus its a tax right off !!!

[Tiramisu]

It worse than sucks for me! 22 years in a house, after 4 kids have been out and in and out and in and out!

I've been trying to get my hubby to "play like we're moving" and take EVERYTHING out of the house (maybe into one of those portable containers), do some thorough cleaning and as needed painting, and sort through things as they are moved back into the house. I think we'd both be surprised at the stuff we'd NOT move back in.

My husband is a box saver! We have the box to an answering machine that quit working 10 years ago. Threw the machine away, kept the box! There are 3 computer boxes in the attic. We only have 1 computer!