08-19-2014, 01:21 PM
Yeah, we shipped a 20 foot container through Matson. The price for less than a container was too much for what it was. We got rid of things like specific clothes that we would not want.
A lot depends on your degree of sentimentality. I have objects that have been part of my life for a long time. When I see them, I enjoy the continuity. Photos I have framed and things I've made and collected. Then there's my grandmother's china that I promised to preserve. It's not all about things.
Years ago I did lose nearly everything in a fire, and it literally took years to accumulate small everyday things that I would now call clutter. Just things like wastebaskets and floor mats and a cheese grater and every other piece of kitchen stuff -- when you have to buy it all it costs hundreds of dollars.
Also, I never had any desire to switch to a home decorated like a vacation rental. So much of the tropical furnishings stuff is not made for you to use day after day. Real furniture is quite expensive here, and a decent queen sized mattress set is over a thousand dollars without counting a frame.
A lot depends on your degree of sentimentality. I have objects that have been part of my life for a long time. When I see them, I enjoy the continuity. Photos I have framed and things I've made and collected. Then there's my grandmother's china that I promised to preserve. It's not all about things.
Years ago I did lose nearly everything in a fire, and it literally took years to accumulate small everyday things that I would now call clutter. Just things like wastebaskets and floor mats and a cheese grater and every other piece of kitchen stuff -- when you have to buy it all it costs hundreds of dollars.
Also, I never had any desire to switch to a home decorated like a vacation rental. So much of the tropical furnishings stuff is not made for you to use day after day. Real furniture is quite expensive here, and a decent queen sized mattress set is over a thousand dollars without counting a frame.