Recently people in my life have had to move. Moving brings many mixed emotions and the need to declutter, give away, picking what might be needed. Deciding what is a keeper and what needs to go will take longer than anticipated. So many memories. Your grown child's toys, the first holiday souvenirs, the furniture purchased when money was tight. Whether we admit it, we have such emotional attachments to the things we own. At the extreme end are the hoarders, who keep junk and boxes of it. Actually a houseful! Just a typical home lived in for 20 years will have too much to move to the next place. What does someone say when there has been any disaster? It's not the value of the items but the sentiment it holds. What would we do without our pictures? Our favourite clothes? The books? The tools? Dishes from our grandmother? Dad's car in the garage that needs fixing. The things we own can shape us. Have we changed from the hunters and gatherers?
No, we're still hunters and gatherers. With the emphasis on gatherers. And, we're not as nomadic. So, stuff accumulates.
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