Well, the junk guys hauled away all my junk today, and I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. It wasn't that much stuff, but it was still nice to get rid of it all. People have been picking through it all day too, and taking things. Unfortunately, someone also ripped open the bags. All over the yard and the street, I found bits of a journal I was keeping in my teens. There was extremely private, personal information in there, and I'm so glad I shredded it before throwing it away. I am still humiliated though.
Oh well, I threw away my old guitar because it was so cheap... the body was cracked, and the bridge was coming off... someone knocked on the door and asked if they could have it. I thought it was nice of them to ask, and I'm glad it went to a home. It was my first guitar after all. Someone also took a painting... I really liked it, but it was so ratty, and I didn't want to keep it. I placed it in front of the pile facing the street, and I'm glad someone will be enjoying it.
I am pretty much done packing; my stereo equipment will be going in the car, and whatever I have left unpacked will fit in a duffle bag. All in all, I'm happy to move.
we're contemplating a move in the next year or two and I'm already at my wits end trying to figure out how to downsize from a good sized three bedroom house into something smaller. I'm thinking of selling everything except things that are valuable to us. We have a Steinway grand piano that we'd like to stay in the family and some other art work that I would never give up. We also have a basement storage area and a garage filled with shit we've accumulated over the years.
I'm looking forward to the adventure of moving to a new climate but not the actual work that it is going to take to get there. I will say this, I'm hiring movers. I'm too old to be lugging shit to a truck!
Yea, it's a real pain when you have a lot of stuff. You have a lot of valuable things you need to sell eh? Once it's all said and done, you'll feel less burdened, and you'll have a good chunk of cash in your pocket!
"Roughing it" in the forest with no electric, water, food, internet, TV, Cable, shower,... doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me, not to mention, where are there forests now days where one can just go "live" without someone having you arrested for trespassing/littering/loitering... ???
You know, I wouldn't mind living like that, at least for a little while. Maybe not in the woods, but on the open prairie, just like the early settlers of Saskatchewan. That was an extremely tough life though, and maybe I'm not cut out for that type of thing, but I still think it would be an interesting experience.
