Strange thing.
Why do we hold on to things? I mean, as I stated before, I'm in the midst of moving, and might I say that I have a lot of crap. And this isn't the oh-man-I-have-a lot-of-stuff 'crap.' It is crap. Stuff I'm not even sure where I got it. But it is a strange thing, no? Holding onto certain objects just because they meant something extraordinarily special at some point. There are certain things I wouldn't give away, no matter what. But there are some things where I am not sure exactly why I have them.
Anyway, I just wanted to write this post because I'm not exactly sure what to make of it. Why I'm so attached to certain things. And why I feel the need to hold onto them.
One thing was from the first college I attended, Holy Cross College. One was the packet given to all freshmen at orientation, another was the disciplinary letter after I was got with alcohol in my room, and another was a card inviting my parents to orientation weekend. Now, I could easily throw all of this away. Easily. Yet, it is still in my pile of stuff to be packed and transported with my other cherished belongings to South Dakota. But, why?
Is it because this was stuff from such a tumultuous time? A time when I made several life altering (And I'm not being dramatic) decisions. And it is a way for me to remember my monolithic journey. Maybe.
Anyway, this also reminds me of the question 'if you had 30 seconds before you had to leave your apartment, what would you grab?' or better yet 'what is your most cherished possession?'
Some food for thought, ya'll. I hope you're swell.
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ReplyDeleteI feel exactly the same. As I've been packing up all my stuff and going through some old boxes of college stuff I can't seem to remember why I kept all of this stuff in the first place. The sad part is that even though I don't really remember why I kept it, I'm probably just going to put everything in to a storage tote and put it in the garage. A few years from now I'll find it and ask myself all the same questions that I am asking now. I guess it is just my nature to keep things but maybe someday I'll look back at all this junk I've kept and it will remind me of who I used to be.
ReplyDeleteI agree hunny! I keep so many movie ticket stubs and paper... so much paper, so it can all be in a box?! I agree with Steph, we will probably have it in a box again years from now. Just as my dad still had boxes my mom taped closed when I was 3, all the way until he moved to Rapid when I was 13 - that cannot have been important stuff or is it so important that we must keep it in a box? That doesn't quite make sense and yet it is what everyone does!
ReplyDeleteYour most cherished possession vs. stuff you never can bring yourself to throw out. - Both get kept, an ugly truth.