Getting Rid of Everything...Almost

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

No, but she does have a single brother.

....with a nice place?

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My tools are off limits. Just last month I used a tool I have had for 25 years, that I bought for one tack. If I did not have it, I would have had to stop, clean up, and go to the store to buy a 18mm crow foot line wrench. Instead, i just plucked it from its place in the tool box, used it and put it back in place.

I find this funny. A few weeks ago I used a crows foot wrench that I had for 20+ years and never used. I have nearly thrown the set out several times and the only reason I did not is, they take up very little space.

[ckelly78z]

I basically need to wait until I retire to get around to eliminating un needed items. I still have a 19 year old college student living in the bedroom that has the attic access, and neither one of has the spare hours required to do this properly until we no longer leave the house for 10 hours every day.

I would like to streamline to be able to move with less effort to Southern Kentucky as a retrement plan.

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

I can't do an estate sale, I would much rather sell what I can on CL and give the rest away to friends an family. The remainder will be donated.

I don't see it as a difficult chore per se, but it is difficult to part with a couple of items I am attached to.

I will get over it.

And I am not selling my cars. Yet.

Thanks for the suggestions above. I am dumping 90% of my clothes this weekend. That's the easy part.

When it's all done and said, please update this thread with your thoughts. Every person I've ever talked to or read about who has done this says it takes 5 times more effort/time than was originally imagined. You might be the exception though, which would be great

[Baz]

Originally Posted by KC911

Who wants my Carrera....seriously?

It won't be free

I am absolutely serious....some of you know me, some of you know my car

One of you birds already has dibs.....

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Baz

Just tryin' to keep OWP outta the Cars For Sale forum....nuthin' more..nuthin' less

I'll even sweeten the deal with a couple of houses....virtually FREE...no "thank you" will be necessary

[1990C4S]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

When it's all done and said, please update this thread with your thoughts. Every person I've ever talked to or read about who has done this says it takes 5 times more effort/time than was originally imagined. You might be the exception though, which would be great

I have very few things anyone would call 'nice'. I have a lot of 'junk'. More 'frat house' than 'real house'.

The vast majority could/should go in a dumpster, I suspect that is the reason why the few nice things I have matter to me.

Even my tools are 'Harbor Freight'.

[t6dpilot]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

This is the key. Like dieting, or working out, or saving money, you have to change your mindset 180 deg. or it won't work. You need to desire not to want 'stuff' anymore and see 'stuff' - whether it be a cool vintage car or real estate, or a business to keep the hamster wheel spinning - as a burden (not saying that is a good, bad, right, or wrong mindset, BTW). For me, I sort of woke up one day and said 'I don't want ANY of this stuff anymore!' And now it's gone

Still can't believe you did all that Curt. Good on you. I don't have a lot of stuff, but have acquired some neat Porsche and aviation things over the years. I am methodically going through it and cleaning house. Parts, lit, parachutes, etc. My dad, on the other hand.... Wow, just can't get rid of anything and hates change. I recycled much of his "stored" and obsolete electronics recently and it was like I cut off his arm when I asked to toss this 20 year old computer tower and 25 lb. CRT. Don't throw that away, I might need it. When was the last time you used it? 20 years ago. Done.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

Not going to a home, I'm not even 60 yet. Close though.

62 here. Most recent divorce 10 years ago. Apartment. Nice for me.

Briefly mentioned in another thread but here is the full story. Forgive length.

2nd bedroom for me has always been the hanging on to stuff room. A few passages of kids living with me, I now have their hanging on to stuff in the same room.

Nothing exciting in there. Ranges from Porsche manuals to Noritake china brought back from Korea in '57 for my Mom. That's the high end. Model cars, slide film from when kids were growing up, all 40 reels. Then just stuff.

Daughter took her tv last fall when she moved into her own crib. My 12 year old Sony is working but on the floor. Heavy as a beast.

Things looked spartan at best. It's not minimalist, just wrong.

Paid a lady pal to come in and clean the place and provide warmth given what I have, and purge the "stuff" except for identified keepers.

Spent five hours with her making a plan and her doing baseline prep (like a general clean and her helping me hang the TV and model car show case).

This is the result in short of day one.



Here is the spare room after day two, the purge. I set her free. I have only been tripping over the stuff for five years. Too embarrassed to show before pics of this room.



Next wave is wall hangings which I have plenty of. Just on the floor in closets.

Nice to come home now.

[KFC911]

We need to hold a big ol' Pelican yard sale...everything is FREE (buyer pays s&h)...mine yard contains two freakin houses....buyer beware

Let's move this crap outta here boyz...

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by tabs

We all have way too much in the bathroom when a razor, towels and soap will do. Think of the hotel room.

You are CYA...."WE" do not all live in hotel rooms, but have permanent domiciles..which was what you were alluding to...Presumably you do not live in a hotel...and you made the analogy after the fact about a hotel room, to illustrate how minimalist one can be.

Just admit it you do not brush your teeth..maybe you drop them in a glass full of Polident at bedtime???

Theadore, you're fooking wierd. I brush my teeth using the hose out in the front yard. My way of copying you while you brush yours in your marble fountain while wanking.

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by t6dpilot

Still can't believe you did all that Curt. Good on you. I don't have a lot of stuff, but have acquired some neat Porsche and aviation things over the years. I am methodically going through it and cleaning house. Parts, lit, parachutes, etc. My dad, on the other hand.... Wow, just can't get rid of anything and hates change. I recycled much of his "stored" and obsolete electronics recently and it was like I cut off his arm when I asked to toss this 20 year old computer tower and 25 lb. CRT. Don't throw that away, I might need it. When was the last time you used it? 20 years ago. Done.

I used to think I needed 6-7 fun cars (and watches, and cameras, and guns, and ....) and, in hindsight, I did need them back then. These days my passion for cars and the rest is as strong as ever, I just don't have a desire to own them or drive them anymore. But I'd be happy to ride in yours anytime

[VincentVega]

I didnt intend on it but the hobbies I've picked up all seem to come with lots of other stuff. Woodworking equipment, wood stock, tool boxes, sails, rigging, more tools, air compressor... Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing with all this stuff. Then other times I'm deep in a project and loving life working, making or fixing stuff. I wonder if you get to a point where the stuff runs you, do you just get bored and want to move on?

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

No, but she does have a single brother.

you may owe me a new shirt if I can't get the coffee stains out after reading the above. So, which hockey team will be your new local team?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by VincentVega

....do you just get bored and want to move on?

Methinks so....and when you NEVER get rid of stuff along the way....

Who wants my Carrera ?

[drkshdw]

Originally Posted by KC911

Who wants my Carrera ?

I'd never turn down the opportunity but methinks it'd be a bit out of my price range. Or I'd have to dump some cars and parts...

[Por_sha911]

I'm not retired but have a timeline in place. Have been saving and storing for too long. I'm not a packrat or hoarder but don't want to make the heirs deal with too much. I recently developed a plan to reduce the stuff without going with the nuclear option. Each weekend, I look for something to throw out or give away (Goodwill and Habitat have seen a lot of me). Sometimes its just one or two things, sometimes more. Bit by bit I'm thinning things out.

[VincentVega]

Originally Posted by drkshdw

I'd never turn down the opportunity but methinks it'd be a bit out of my price range. Or I'd have to dump some cars and parts...

Ha, same here. I had a ton of fun in mine, something else I wish I'd hung onto. I was looking at Sprites this morning, a Carrera would be a nice upgrade.

[mepstein]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

I'm not retired but have a timeline in place. Have been saving and storing for too long. I'm not a packrat or hoarder but don't want to make the heirs deal with too much. I recently developed a plan to reduce the stuff without going with the nuclear option. Each weekend, I look for something to throw out or give away (Goodwill and Habitat have seen a lot of me). Sometimes its just one or two things, sometimes more. Bit by bit I'm thinning things out.

That's the way to do it. Start with the low hanging fruit. The stuff that doesn't take any decision making to give away or throw out. It gets easier the more you do it.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by mepstein

That's the way to do it. Start with the low hanging fruit. The stuff that doesn't take any decision making to give away or throw out. It gets easier the more you do it.

I hereby proclaim 2019 to be: PPOT "The year of the Purge"...

Get yer low hangin' Carreras here

Dawgs don't count...I think I'm gonna get a new poopy in 9 weeks