Sunday, January 19, 2025

Belongings

I've been systematically going through each room in my house.  Ostensibly for decluttering my belongings, but in reality more for organizing my belongings - I end up not throwing anything away.  Am I a hoarder?  To some degree, I probably am.  For example, I came across some old iPhones and iPods today that I've unncessarily held onto for all these years.  When I get a new iPhone, I wonder if I can trade them in?  That might be something worth looking into.  But I'm paranoid that I've got something important stored somewhere on one of them that I don't want to lose - even though I'll probably never turn on one of these old devices ever again.  But when I go through my belongings, it dawns on me how much stuff I have accumulated over the years.  Particularly since moving into my current place.  And when I say stuff, what I really mean is crap.  Most of it I don't need, and most of it I shouldn't keep if (when) I ever move house (even though I probably will).  And I haven't even made a start on upstairs yet...