TWO BOXES.......TWO DAYS.......

[Bob Stepp]

For whatever reason your world has been unexoectedly turned upside down, never to be the same again.

You must sort through ALL your possessions,pictures, keepsakes, tools,kitchen stuff, clothes, books.....every tangible thing that has defined your life to the world and vacate your residence in two days.

The boxes are of finite sizes.......you can't keep everything.....say two boxes that would fit in the back of a six foot bed pick-up. Where do you start...what would you keep...what's really important?

 

 

[Quinn]

My purse. Birth certificate. Baptismal certificate. Two dozen of my favorite books. Two dozen of my favorite CD’s. iPod. My brothers sketch book. A signet ring that I received on my 16th birthday, pearls from my 21st. My Dad's watch. Earrings I bought on my first trip to Europe. Laptop. Uggs. Wellies. Adias flip flops. A well worn blue oxford shirt. A pair of Gap jeans. Cashmere scarf. Grey leather gloves. Ice skates. A jar filled with seashells. Irish pottery. Girl In A Red Hood painting. My dog, Lucy—she’s little :-)

I think that would all fit…

[Bob Stepp]

I believe those would fit nicely.....:=)

[Bob Stepp]

Purging can be difficult......

[Quinn]

You should have called B A F...I work for beer :-))

[Goldilocks46]

This would be impossible for George and me - we have 36 years' worth of accumulation in our house.

[Stir Young]

I suppose I'll need to start with those two darn cats, Jacques Young and Monae Young, and then maybe throw in some socks and underwear and a few Rolling Stones vinyl albums, and a couple of old Penthouse magazines from the attic.

[Bob Stepp]

What, no hamburger helper???

[Quinn]

Or, tilapia?

[Stir Young]

Remember, Q......fish, guests and Alan Stir start smelling after three days!  ;-0

[Quinn]

I have soap

[d's girl]

I'm thinking on this. In the meantime, Ducatiman & I have been embracing the philosophy of Sarah Susanka's "the not so big house" & "the not so big life" for the last couple of years, and have actually made great steps toward achieving it. He happened upon this the other day & emailed it to me. Wait for it - this guy has created a home in 420 square feet that includes room for a home office, a sit down dinner for 10, room for guests, & kite surfing gear.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happin...

[Quinn]

I have lived with this philosophy for years.
My house doesn't have closets. My attic is not easily accessible, and my cellar gets damp so I don't use either one for storage.
My storage space is a 3 foot space behind the door in the spare bedroom. I don't hoard anything.
It is important that I live in a pleasing environment though so I do have "stuff", but it doesn't overwhelm my space.