I Hate Moving

I hate moving too.
My stuff have been more and more, even I told myself not to buy too much thing because I may move to another city one day.
When I leave I think it is better to sell them, and it is also a headache for me to move in the same city.

Ha ha....my parents are the same way, especially my Dad. There is nothing at all that he'll throw out, as I discovered when we moved into our new house when I was 12. It was also wehn I first learned the term "pack rat", used by my uncle when he observed this entire phenomenon of my Dad taking everything with him, up to and including one of our kitchen sinks.

Me, i try to stay a lightweight. I moved to Washington, DC, with 1 suitcase. Unfortunately, by the time I left 7 years later and plus one husband, we needed a moving van to get our stuff out and into our new home. Now, if we had to move, we'd probably need several moving vans! And that's even without one of our bedrooms being furnished.

Buddhists believe that excess stuff weighs down our souls, making us slaves to this life. We increasingly lose out on happiness by our attachment to material possessions. In part, they are right.

LMAO. you are soooo right!. ive had alot of stuff, then have had nothing,to go back to havaing everything again. then back to nothing AGAIN all because of moving.
And to loose things as soon as u put it "back" that is soooo me!!!. you should see my computer desk ROFL.
im glad i spotted u and your discussions. they are veary entertaining. goood work!:)
xoxoxoxoxbritt

Great discussion, ORyans. I think we are all(or at least most) of us guilty of hoarding stuff. The difference is that there are those who are unashamed to admit it. I am a lifelong packrat too, and proud of it. It nearly caused me physical pain when I relocated to my tiny apartment 6 years ago and had to get rid of so much of my stuff. I still, however, managed to bring along much more than anyone ever thought possible. I've become very good at finding nooks and crannies in which to place all of my stuff. Can you imagine how delighted I was when, after living in my tiny apartment nearly a full year, one of my granddaughters discovered a tiny closet behind my bedroom door(I never knew it was back there because I was so unused to being on my own that I never closed my bedroom door, lol). Now, if you're guessing that this find gave me a whole new place to put more stuff -you're absolutely right! Life is good.

Good story and very true. I do hate moving as well but with each move I become more brutal with my stuff...lol. It is nearly down to a manageable level now...all except for my books that is...lol.

Funny but sadly true - every thing here is true and happens to me every time I move. I too hate moving and as much as I try to avoid it the horrid thing keeps happening to me. In my lifetime the longest I've lived in one home was 9 years - I owned a home for 22 years but moved out of state for a few years and rented it out, moving back into it eventually. I've now moved twice in the last year and can't find anything at all:(

My home is stuffed with stuff as well. My stuff, my first hubby's stuff, my son's stuff (he is married and gone), my sister who is deceased stuff, my sister who lives with my niece stuff, my son's friend who was homeless, stuff, she has since moved on with another friend, Oh, and did I mention my stuff? My daughter has moved and traveled enough that she is not really attached to her stuff. Except she did ask me at Christmas if any of the old children's books she left for me to get rid of are around, she would like her two year old to enjoy them. Chances are they are buried in the stuff. I never could throw away books.

Ry, you just told my life story!
I have moved roughly 30 times in my life, and it sucks.
I too am a packrat for the same reason: as soon as i put it up, give it away or toss it, I need it right way.
Currently I my old office is being remodeled into a hot tub room, so everything stored in that room and in the closet that used to be in that room is currently in my living room. My hubs' birthday is tomorrow--needless to say there will be no party now. Talk about boxes! I have a dozen boxes and several bags of nothing but Barbie stuff. The rest is old books, school work (both mine and the kid's) worthy of keeping to use in future need of reference, baskets of "missing" clothes, vinyl albums, "lost" beauty supplies, etc. I know that isn't the same as moving, but I dread sorting through it and moving from room to room (or out to the shed) just the same...I forgot to mention my great grandfather's desk and chair that I no longer have room for & won't part with...anyhoo...I've put my foot down. We will NOT move again before the kid graduates. Period.
...now I just hope life doesn't end up making a liar out of me, lol. I like Fairmount. I really don't want to leave until it's time to put up stakes somewhere warm.

Anyhoo, I sympathize, as that aspect of my life mirrors yours: Too Much Stuff!!!

i can't agree more with you... that is so true... we acquire so much stuffs over the time and most of them that we don't really need... that just shows how consumerism has hit us so badly... we even go to the extent of buying stuffs that are beyond our budget and ended up in huge debts... i myself am a victim of one... but fortunately, i can still say that i am not too bad... i can still control myself and i try to only buy stuffs that i really need... i don't want to collect junks in my house... interesting discussions...

You sure described me. Moving has helped me get rid of things. Each time I move I try and decide if I really want to pay for moving the item. I am told that you save up until you are 60ty then you start trying to get rid of it. I still have a 1982 Chevy out in my backyard that is just taking up space. I know that if we move again I will have to either sell it or give it away so I don't want to move.