Hey we can work with that!:D

My neighbor did it he moved to fl from ny. He packed all his stuff in his little scion tc. He took two or three trips and mailed a couple boxes. I helped him clean out his house it was mostly junk from his x wife in the early 90s. But i couldnt do it with all my stuff. I would love to be able to. It would take years to sell it all for max profit. Or have like the most epic estate sale man has ever seen. That would work. As long as i get a fair price for my stuff i suppose id let 95% of it go. Maybe when i get old. I better be moving to a damn good place though. Pile up everything you dont want and when the piles are big enough have a sale. youd be surprised how much money you get for stuff you would have given away. Then at the end of the sale put it on craigslist for free curb alert it will all be gone in an hour. save the better stuff for ebay and craigslist because people at garage sales are cheap

I've been retired for fifteen years and haven't gotten rid of a damned thing. I even acquire something new when the need arises. Maybe I just don't have enough stuff, but I use almost everything I have at least on an occasional basis. When I kick the bucket, my wife can have the big yard/garage sale. It won't matter a bit to me.

I was never happier than when all my stuff fit on my motorcycle.

This is a very thought provoking thread. To me it seems like getting rid of ALL my stuff is kind of like surrender. Like admitting that I am so close to heading out to the final pasture and that I’ll never need any of it again.
We are contemplating building a garage to keep our stuff in, while at the same time selling or giving away stuff on a constant basis. We’re getting rid of stuff that just sits around - my die cast models, etc., and keeping tools and things that help us stay creative and productive. It’s hard to accept that things that were once important to you have little or no market value. It’s also hard to accept that things you’ve kept around expecting to use them again someday aren’t ever going to be used - I’m thinking hiking boots, tents, backpacks, etc.
Spending a lot of time these days thinking about why I have stuff.
Some of it evokes pleasant memories.
Some of it is useful.
Some of it feels like part of me. My identity is tied up in it. I’ve owned my Speedster for 45 years. It’s been with me through 2 marriages, raising of my son, many life changes. I can’t imagine life without it. Who would I be?
Stuff, man. Something to think about.

^^^^^^ So true!

Now you know what keeps my teeth so white..

He who has the most stuff when he dies wins...

I have a RL PM in my email....haven't been over there in over a decade it seems....

The PO wants to know if I still have my Carrera ;)

I honestly can't remember if I gave him "first chance" 17 years ago....

I am a man of my word....J & H (if y'all read this)....she's available.

Matt...you're next....if you want a "keeper" ("we" can work out the details of your demise)...no more about my baby on this thread hijack...

I'm gonna pick who gets her next....my call.

If you are at all interested....send me a PM....

It sounds like the OP is giving up the reigns to his life and purging stuff for the wrong reasons, but to each their own

From a practical standpoint, my experiences with LetGo and OfferUp were horrible. Nothing but tirekickers and timewasters. As bad as Craigslist can be, it was far more productive. I think FB Marketplace is probably really good, but I'm not a FBooker. I know that when we had my daughter advertise garage sales on FB, there was a noticeable increase in traffic.

I got rid of everything once and I mean everything. Hurricane Katrina 2005. But I purchased more then I had before.
Now I have more stuff then I ever had, go figure.

It is nearly impossible to get rid of liquids. I had accumulated many dozens of cans/bottles of spray paint, lubricants, wax, cleaners, oil, etc. at the shop, many new never used. The only place who would take them was Habitat, and then only the new sealed ones. So I donated them there.

A day or 2 later I stop by my brother's house. He says check this out, I found 5 cans of Wurth silver wheel paint at Habitat yesterday! Didn't you used to use that for the Porsche? :rolleyes:

An approach that a friend shared with me is to consider the stuff that you own and ask the simple question, “does this bring me Joy?” I sorta like that approach as a basic filter for what I really need. Sometimes your stuff ends up owning you, not the other way around.

Our county has a few 'hazardous waste' cleanup days per year. Takes old gas, oil, paints, lawn chems, etc.

For cans of old paint, I either let them harden, or they sell a powder that hardens paint, then you can throw in trash.

fify

I prefer to think of it as freedom from maintaining 'things', not surrender.


I used to define my self (in my mind) by what I owned and by my job. When your job disappears and you get divorce then you think hard about what defines you. And it's nothing material. I have several 911's. They sit unused in storage. For what?

Let's just say that the local team is our of the playoffs so there will be octopus on the ice this year.

At times like that I find comfort in the things that endure - like my stuff.

Sage.

He who dies with the most toys is STILL DEAD. I've never seen a hearse pulling a u-haul. Selah.

If I wasn't such a diehard Bruins fan I'd have a #9 jersey.