My official packing day. I've been getting rid of stuff every now and then but today it's a full blown-out packing time. Excluding minor travels, this is the sixth since 2003. I've gotten used to it well enough not to complain when mom breaks out boxes and plastic containers. Still, less than thrilling.
I used to show a mild symptom of hoarding. Even a tiny box that could be of no use to anyone, once perceived to have some sort of sentimental value, was preserved deep inside a drawer.
It would have made much more sense if I actually had remembered to check on them. I simply forgot they existed and it was only on the packing day I realized I had them. In to the trash they went.
Getting rid of clothes is often the hardest, I find. Even if I outgrow something I always hold on to them for the vain hope that one day I may lose a bunch of weight and will be able to fit into them -- which almost never happens.
Moving often helped me put an end to this kind of behaviour. I still kept certain items, like cards and hand-written letters since nothing could replace them. But not silly little paper bags and decorative strings.
I grew up, I suppose.
Only nine days until the departure.
I used to show a mild symptom of hoarding. Even a tiny box that could be of no use to anyone, once perceived to have some sort of sentimental value, was preserved deep inside a drawer.
It would have made much more sense if I actually had remembered to check on them. I simply forgot they existed and it was only on the packing day I realized I had them. In to the trash they went.
Getting rid of clothes is often the hardest, I find. Even if I outgrow something I always hold on to them for the vain hope that one day I may lose a bunch of weight and will be able to fit into them -- which almost never happens.
Moving often helped me put an end to this kind of behaviour. I still kept certain items, like cards and hand-written letters since nothing could replace them. But not silly little paper bags and decorative strings.
I grew up, I suppose.
Only nine days until the departure.
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