Nitric
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For years we bought "stuff" only for us - "stuff" we wanted - "stuff" we liked. And for the most part, that's still the way it is, only we are even more picky than ever, as we have no more vacancies!! The "stuff" we throw away is, for us, trash. There's much that is thrown away in this area that is still quite nice. ...I mean, picture this: last month, the wife wanted to stop by the local consignment store. Outside was a FREE box. In that box were several things that the wife grabbed; one of them was a 1-place china setting that is currently selling online for, if I remember correct, about $17. The dishes are in mint condition. There was also backpacks, and an in-working-condition lamp. The problem with this area is, there's not enough people. However, what people are here continue to buy things from stores, from online, get given or inherited to them, or they get it from outside the area from auctions, garage sales, consignment stores, etc. There's only so much "stuff" a place can handle. After that, it starts becoming trash.
Everything we still have is "stuff". We won't throw it away, as it is such nice "stuff" that it will never be trash in our eyes - just a pain in the butt!!
After I moved? So much of my "stuff" ended up in the trash! Because I realized how much of my "stuff" was actually" S*** " after I had to move it!
Never again! Then worry about how to protect it, from weather or theft, moving it,storing it, etc......... I keep getting rid of more and more. It's almost like a burden is gone on some of it! Then there are the items that you wish you would have never sold or given away too... Funny how some of that works too! Money in the bank? Who cares about stuff! But when the money isn't there(like it was) "stuff" becomes more valuable to the mind...At least for me that is how it worked. It's just "stuff"!
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