Do you realize how much crap you have?

[JaniceSW]

I was reading some articles on being environmentally responsible with the ever-growing population in the world.  Each article made the point that continually buying new stuff is creating a problem for the planet.  The articles stated that we are too much a consumer society that is starting to pay for this behavior.  The point was that we can all make due with a lot less than we have and think we have to have! I would certainly agree with this and am looking at my own consumerism more and more!

[braggin]

No matter how much crap you have, you can't possibly have as much crap as we do. We have been living in the same house for 44 years and it is loaded to the gills with junk we never use but never get rid of either. It is getting to be a big problem.

[mrisha]

I have been donating to the Epilepsy Foundation.  So far I have donated about 26 bags.  I still quite a bit to get rid off.  Too much stuff.

[Tresbn00]

I think that I could be moved out in three hours. I have been purging all of my junk for quite some time and am quite proud of the minimalist lifestyle I currently have. I think that I can name all of my personal belongings in under two minutes. I saw a NetFlix documentary on minimalism several years ago and it really impacted me. I have one set of silverware, one water bottle, one coffee thermos, one plate and two bowls that I use almost exclusively. When I get home from work I wash and dry the bowls and fill them with the next day's breakfast and lunch. When I eat at home I use a plastic plate that my son decorated for me when he was two years old (nineteen ninety nine). Two pair of jeans, five work shirts, one pair of workout shorts, two pair of everyday shorts, running shoes, dress shoes and ten year old work boots. Two computers and four screens and I am done.

[debidoo]

Oh you have no idea - I bought a new house alittle over a year ago. I had THREE yes THREE houses worth of stuff to go through and get rid of. Thank God for my youngest son and his girlfriend on this note. I had a large house owned by my deceased mom, a hoarded house full of stuff of my husband's and a house my son's had been left by my mom when she passed.  I have some stuff I wish I still had but my new house is pretty well clear of clutter AND I love it.  Still working on three or four rubbermaid bins mostly full of papers I am afraid to get rid of but this is the way I have always wanted to live.

[ancmetro]

    Do not complain: Your junk is your treasure!

[jenniferhoder]

I have Purple Heart come at least once a month and I get rid of stuff I don't need. It makes me feel good about giving it away and it de-clutters my house too!

[ghunter]

I hope to move in the next year or so and I know I have a lot of crap.  Plan on start getting rid of it.  Spring cleaning.

[bretay]

oh we mmoved a few years back and omg...trash a lot of stuff went...easy to accumulate though...

[ccandpam]

I have so much Stuff too. I keep getting more. My Husband complains all of the time. I'm beginning to think that he is right. I need to have a Yard Sale.

[catchow]

haha yes I have thought of that too, if ever I had to move out, all my stuff. But I just know soon as I get rid of it, I'll have need for it lol

[metsrock69]

I have been collecting stuff for years but slowly getting rid of stuff I really don't use anymore. I still have a bunch of vhs tapes at my mothers house I told her she can keep them

[ngorecki]

I keep getting rid of things here and there, and it seems like it grows on its own. amazing!

[lightningclix]

Honestly, I know I have WAY too much "crap" and my husband constantly reminds me of this. But it's hard to get rid of things! I have 6 kids, so much of it is memories of theirs. Toys, clothes, baby blankets, tons and tons of school projects & paperwork. Shoot, I still have every pregnancy test! My oldest is almost 27 years old...youngest is 13. I just can't let anything go. Am I the only Mom to keep it all?

[ngorecki]

I throw stuff away, give to thrift shops, but it still seems to grow. I don't get it!