Meditations on Accumulation - Yard Sale Edition | I've Paid For This Twice Already... http://www.paidtwice.com/2007/09/01/meditations-on-accumulation-yard-sale-edition/#comment-1701 PaulaB52 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:39:11 +0000 http://www.paidtwice.com/2007/09/01/meditations-on-accumulation-yard-sale-edition/#comment-1701 I went up into the attic last week to get some boxes to store some books I have for sale. As I looked around the attic, I was amazed/appalled at the amount of toys my children have outgrown that we just put up there "for our grandchildren to play with"! I'm only 40 and my kids are still under 10!!! I just told me dh that I'm selling it all at a garage sale in the very near future. Why keep it? They don't want it, they've forgotten about it, and I don't care about it either since it's up in the attic. Repeat after me: It's just stuff Ok, I know it's your kids' stuff, but just stuff after all. I went up into the attic last week to get some boxes to store some books I have for sale. As I looked around the attic, I was amazed/appalled at the amount of toys my children have outgrown that we just put up there “for our grandchildren to play with”! I’m only 40 and my kids are still under 10!!!

I just told me dh that I’m selling it all at a garage sale in the very near future. Why keep it? They don’t want it, they’ve forgotten about it, and I don’t care about it either since it’s up in the attic.

Repeat after me: It’s just stuff

Ok, I know it’s your kids’ stuff, but just stuff after all.

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