so after a year of living back at the family house, i've decided to stop climbing over shit and rented a storage unit. 10 x 12 for $100 a month. i really don't feel like paying it, but i'm not moving anytime soon and i really need the space.

anybody else storing stuff?
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I'm storing stuff in my shed for a friend

She is a hoarder, we aren't the only ones with boxes belonging to her

I'm the opposite of a hoarder, I'm a compulsive getting-rid-of-stuff-er

Fury said:

Sounds like it's time to whittle down, and do some hard core expulsion of the extras. Why pay $1200 a year, for how long?, for things that you probably won't use in a year's time. If you haven't used it in a year, the chances are quite high that you never will. You might even forget what you had. I say save the money, and start throwing things away, giving to Good Will.

ernestsewell said:

some of the stuff i'm thinking about giving away/discarding. but a lot of it is really good furniture that if/when i do move (which might be sooner than i think), i don't want to buy the stuff all over again. i might just put it there until spring and then sort it all out.

once it's in there, you really don't miss it. almost everything i own was in storage for over a year. and for the year prior, i had no access to it. it makes you realize, especially when you move and get it out, that you can really do without a lot of your stuff. it's nice to have it now that i've got somewhere for it to be, but i still don't really need any more than what the limited amount of stuff i was using when it was being stored.

errant said:

when I spent 3 weeks overseas by myself, I realised I have a house full of crap I don't need, and a wardrobe full of clothes I never wear. What was in my suitcase was plenty. I came home and totally got rid of anything unflattering, that made me look like a slob, or anything that I put on and usually take off in favour of something I like more. Regardless of how much I'd spent on it. Gave it all to goodwill. Now I have space for new thing I'm going to buy only if they are flattering and I really REALLY like it

ZombieKitten said:

I used to be a slight hoarder now I'm getting rid of stuff...still have a few more things to get rid of, but I'm happy about it.

ZombieKitten said:

i spend a month or two or sometimes seven working in Hawaii and i over-pack everywhere i go. and i never even open the second suitcase. i'm going through my wardrobe periodically and giving things away to friends and setting things aside to donate. and i think i'm about to bite the bullet and get rid of the rest of my beloved comic book collection.

peacenlovealways said:

do you feel anxious to part with it? Nervous about having your belongings unaccounted for or no longer in your possession? Or when you give it away do you feel lighter, unburdoned?

errant said:

omgomgomg!!!! tell me if you do it, it's gonna be a tough one

ZombieKitten said:

yeah, it really really is. but a couple of years ago, i needed to eat and got rid of HUGE chunks of it. which i've done periodically over the decades, only to buy them back once i'm rolling in dough again but when i moved them yet again, this last time, i thought maybe it was time to just get rid of them all and call it a day. clothes and comics are the worst moving items

errant said:

if only comics could be put on display or something, in boxes taking up space is kind of disheartening

when i moved to florida 10 years ago, i gave away 85% of my stuff to friends and family, thinking i would be gone forever. i moved back exactly one year later, and a lot of shit i wished i kept i don't have anymore. i took my entire vinyl/dj collection to florida (1,000 +) and it was sooooo much stuff i gave to a friend. now i'm scouring youtube and ebay for shit already had. so if at all possible i'm trying to keep my shit this time

ZombieKitten said:

not really anxious parting with stuff...maybe a tiny bit
I feel like I have more space and I do feel lighter...like a burden has been lifted off my shoulders. I look around and I see a clear space and everything is orderly. Makes me feel relaxed.

peacenlovealways said:

you don't sound much like a person with a hoarding problem you are cured!!!

ZombieKitten said:

I used to save lots of paper..I used to think the empty spaces could be used...like if I wrote an essay or any info down on a sheet of paper I would save it and use the back that's blank or I would tear the bottom half that has writable space...

ZombieKitten said:

ZombieKitten - I NEED YOU

I still have clothes from the 80's. My wardrobe is so cluttered.
It’s so hard for me to get rid of anything.

I always think it'll come back, I loose the weight & it'll fit again, my girls may want it one day, yadda yadda yadda.

It’s so bad, I still have my year 12 formal Dress, my Engagement Dress, My Wedding Dress, all my 80's short tarty and nothing FITS.
If I was to guess I'd say only 5% of what's in my wardrobe actually fits me now.

I am a Hoarder

I am getting ready to move, and my new apartment does not have as much closet space as my current one. I am going to try to get rid of a lot of clothes I hardly wear, etc. But I may have to rent a small storage unit for some things. My downfall is my art history books. Last time I moved (2 years ago) I purged, but I still have 10 medium sized boxes of very heavy art books. I can't bear to part with them - I still use them when I am preparing for my museum tours. But man, are they a pain in the ass to move.


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my stuff lives in storage I had 2 good years, but my stuff has lived in storage for years!! I miss my stuff!!

Then I have my aunt's stuff in storage too...crap! but lawd forbid you throw it away. shit from 1940

I use to have a storage unit,but I got tired of paying for it every month,so I went,and made 2 piles stuff that I really still wanted,and crap that I could really do without. After that was done I had a huge yard sale,made enough to buy my first digital camera,what did'nt sell was dropped off at Goodwill.

I am like Zombie,I am almost always looking for stuff that I can throw away,get rid of or sell. I can't stand clutter.

Fury said:

Ouch! I could never see myself paying 100.00 a month to store stuff.
Then again my belongings are crap.

I had to move recently, and while I would hardly consider myself a hoarder or pack rat, I had a ton of stuff which I never used or hadn't used in years, so most of it I either threw away or put up in collection boxes for free clothes or books. I had three DVD players, of which I only use one, so I put the other two along with an old working microwave in the back alley for either trash or salvage pickup. While the other stuff I put in the alley was left for the garbage collectors the next day, the DVD players and microwave were gone.

BTW, if I can, I just put up an ad in the free section of Craigslist and let people pick up my discarded items if they are in good shape.

chocolatehandles said:

I would so love to help you know, doing what I enjoy most!!!!!

ZombieKitten said:

I think I need you too...I still have stuff I used to wear as a teen. If I got rid of stuff hardly wear...I would have a lot more space.

Thank the Lord for storage facilities!

I donate/throw away everything I don't use frequently, but my wife and daughter are utter hoarders. We just moved from an apartment with no exterior storage unit and wherein only one bedroom had a closet. After 2 years of amassing random crap, our place began to look like the Sanford Arms.

Our new joint has TONS of storage, and it is incredible how improved life can be with the pitching of material clutter.