When I started college the better part of a decade ago all of my possessions that I needed to live on for one year fit into the back of an SUV. Now I would not even think about moving without a twenty foot box truck.
As my income has grown so has my lifestyle, and I have the stuff to prove it! Some of us are a lot worse then others about accumulating possessions. I know people that will keep just about anything because the might need it someday. Recently there are a few things that I have wanted but did not buy them just for the fact that they would be one more thing I would have to move. God forbid how much stuff I will have if I buy a house.
I was thinking about how much value people put on their possessions and I came up with the following equation.
Things > Stuff > Junk > Trash
“I have a few Things to bring over”
“I have to move my Stuff in”
“What should I do with this Junk”
“It’s just some Trash”
So when you do your spring cleaning (if you don’t you should!) take a look at some of you possessions and ask yourself is it a Thing, your stuff, some junk, or just trash. If it is one of the last two seriously consider throwing it away, having a garage sale or donating it to your local goodwill store.
