Newbie & Green

[Janie]

I think a huge hindrance to getting rid of stuff, is the owner places far higher value on the items, than anyone else ever will.

Also, when paying to store it, there is the need to justify having paid so much in storage fees for so long,  further falsely inflating the value of items within.

I wasted thousands to store hundreds and wound up abandoning a fair portion of it.
Its true i do miss some of it, but nothing that is irreplaceable.  I do wish i gifted some into the right hands, who coukd make use of it, but i was rushed and stressed, and when my tires looked too overloaded, said enough, and hit the road.

I also stressed over it the storage unit.  Seeing shows like storage wars would grind my anxiety like sandpaper inside my skull.

Before I was able to decouple from the storage unit, I'd go in and organize and try and get rid of a little here and there, throw some stuff out, give some away.  It was never enough, and barely made a dent, and all i had was a 5x10, which was more lime 4'6"x9, and 8 foot tall.

I look forward to when everything I own fits in a backpack or a bank acciunt, and signs are in a foreign(to me)  language, and the locals are not hyoer entitled propaganda receptacles, vociferously railing against their own best interests.

I couldn't agree more with you. I did realize atleast a few years ago that I would never get anything worthwhile for this "stuff" no matter how much it seemed to be selling for on ebay, etc. If I had not been exiled by my spouse I wouldn't have so much to get rid of. This is great advice for anybody that has had a storage unit for over a year. Time to get rid of it and hit the road because I do want to go some places. I have a very tight budget but most of what I want to see is free like the Grand Canyon if I head that way.