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Have you got too much stuff?

By *ertiVogts OP Man over a year ago

Exeter

My partner is hoping to move soon and we're slowly packing up her stuff.I am truly astonished at how much she has in the way of ornaments,books and crockery.Most of this stuff hasn't been used in years and won't be going with her!

I read an article recently which claimed that the average person owns 1000 items.My partner has several times this amount!

What about you? Do you have far too much stuff?!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I moved last year and all of the stuff I own fit nicely into one suitcase and one bag.

I have since also acquired a bed though which is a little bulky.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yes. I am a wanna be minimalist x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yes! I have a tendency to hoard, which doesn't bode well for my old age

, I recently moved from a three bed semi and it was HELL packing. I'm never ever ever ever never moving again!!!!

Had to get in clearance people to take everything else I couldn't take with me as it was just too overwhelming

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think I'm pretty practical for a single bloke, not got loads of things I never need.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Definitely, up until 14 years ago I moved house every few years and was very unsentimental about ditching stuff, now I have a big house and two large sheds, all chocka with the accumulated dross of modern life, including two ride-on lawnmowers that don't even work anymore. I'm going to need a couple of skips when I downsize in a few years.

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By *ellowbabesCouple over a year ago

newport/cwmbran

Yeah I buy things over years not needed hardly use.but stop buying now...mrs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

They say if you have things you havent used for two years ,then you dont need it ,throw it away.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"They say if you have things you havent used for two years ,then you dont need it ,throw it away."

I often find bank statements from accounts long closed, things I think "oh that'll come in handy" that are covered in dust. My house is bulging. Time for a clear out I think

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I have way too much stuff but once a year I have a clear out to make way for more stuff

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

i am forever 'sorting' out and chucking away - when i left the ex all those years ago couldnt even notice that i was missing - he however has a 4 bedroom house with double garage that is bursting with 'stuff'

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By *risky_MareWoman over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Oh god I have tons of stuff in storage in boxes, and sheds full of horse stuff from my last yard

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By *edRidingWolfCouple over a year ago

Lydney

It took 11 fucking days to move Wolf from one flat to another!!!!!

We move again in a year. I'm employing someone to come and do it for us.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm currently packing and sorting as I'm being evicted from my current house since my landlord wants to sell. I don't know where I'm moving to so I'm being harsh with stuff and getting rid of lots of crap I don't need... Theres loads!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

i rarely just throw away now - i sell - surprising what people will buy - even old clothes i get weighed in -

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Yes. I am a wanna be minimalist x"

Read a book called 'Stuffication' on this. Pretty interesting , and I was already de-cluttering after my divorce anyhow. Not a minimalist, however I've cut back 'stuff' and 'crap' significantly!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I have storage unit for my fetish stuff

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By *appyguy17Man over a year ago

walthamstow

I have stuff since i was a teenager....

So what i do every week now is throw out one thing......last week it was a tee-shirt that I'd had for 20 years ....x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

We moved 3 years ago and I did really well in sorting out my clothes and shoes. I was ruthless and I gave loads to a charity shop. My aim was only to keep the items I wore and loved.

I was a little ashamed to find I filled 8 large packing crates with my clothes and shoes alone.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yes. I have far too much stuff. I'm in the process of getting rid of lots of it. It feels great with every visit to the charity shop.

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By *ulfilthmentMan over a year ago

Just around the corner

I have lots of 'stuff' that I've accumulated throughout my life. However, I have always subscribed to William Morris' advice that you should "have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful".

I could survive without all of it tomorrow; but why would I want to?

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
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East Sussex

Yes. We moved seven months ago and got rid of huge amounts of stuff, we still have more than we need. The worst offender is me with clothes, I have more than anybody can believe

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

Im pretty good but have to many clothes and cats. Its a two bedroomed terraced and i may have to move and give it to the cats.

Ive just sorted more bags for the charity shop.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've got too many empty coffee jars but they'll come in handy if I ever start making jam

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yep, I hoard stuff like crazy and I'm trying to cut back, chuck things I know I don't need to hold on to

It's a matter of having to, I live in a one bedroom flat it's quite small, and I'm crowding myself out

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Yes. To the extent it gets me down.

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By *icecouple561Couple over a year ago
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East Sussex

"I've got too many empty coffee jars but they'll come in handy if I ever start making jam "

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman over a year ago

Bedfordshire

I have pruned my 'stuff' over the years even being brutal With memories. I plan on moving in 18 months to hopefully a forever home which will mean a final massive full of all things unneccesary.

Big lesson learnt when my mother passed away and my sister and I had to clear her 'stuff' she was a learner boarder. I won't do that to my son

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By *mojeeCouple over a year ago

Dunfermline

Emms is moving up to Scotland next year to be with me and she has exactly the same. Ornaments books dvds momentos and drawers and shelves piles full of stuff that will never ever get used. I've tried to ask her to get rid of some of her crap but all I get is no they're memories etc.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

No I don't have too much stuff. If it hasn't been used in over a year then bin, 'cause I clearly don't need it.

But then I live on a narrowboat and storage space is at a premium!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Inspiring thread.

Time to declutter. I'll start tomorrow.

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By *eanut Butter CupWoman over a year ago

B & M Bargains

I've got way too much stuff, some is in boxes that I brought back from uni 10 years ago, still unopened

it's too overwhelming to even start to sort through

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