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Coming to terms with a smaller world
One of the mostly-unexamined privileges of the past few decades of my life had been having a place to put stuff. Now I have been slowly coming to terms with no longer having that space. The first step was decluttering Gladson for sale, but much went into storage. For the moment we are again in a large rental, and it has spread out again. Visiting the new build as it has come up and getting a feel for that (lack of) has reinforced that another, more painful cull is necessary on my part.
One part of this has meant sacrificing my gaming library, which I am at this point most of the way through giving away / selling down, keeping only a few high value or high-utility items. I've even parted with the Red Box set which was my first ever RPG purchase, after weeks of saving my high-school allowance. (I have however kept my hands on a copy of the Rules Cyclopedia). In the next few weeks I will be giving away most of my collection of dragon-and-other-fantasy ornaments, keeping only a few pieces which have particular sentimental value.
Other items which I have been hanging onto mostly because of sentimental value are going to have to go. for example my very first laptop/tablet, a major purchase but hasn't been powered up for anything practical in ages will go in the serious prune of all the computer parts and cables etc I have kept around 'just in case'. Some have occasionally come in handy, but most of the rest I can acquire if needed from a quick trip to the Eco-store or Molten Media.
Most of the furniture is also going to have to go. The nice oak table/chairs from Gladson and matching sideboard (currently sans leg :( ), possibly the big ornament cabinet from my parents (and several other items which we had hoped to have space for which are currently living in Mum's garage are going to have to be waived), my grandmother's dresser, several sets of drawers of no particular sentimental value... We have found a way to lift the table my Dad restored to the right height to be D's stand-at crafting table much to both of our reliefs.
And I still need to figure out how to rehome the boxes of Phantom comics. In their day they were mostly a cheap read-and-throw-away publication, but now they are somewhat collectible and I feel they must be due more than that. (D has a similar problem with a large box of more recent Wonder Woman comics but hers are at least nicely bagged and in excellent condition).
Having made the decision it's surprisingly easy to part with most things, just ... feels.
One part of this has meant sacrificing my gaming library, which I am at this point most of the way through giving away / selling down, keeping only a few high value or high-utility items. I've even parted with the Red Box set which was my first ever RPG purchase, after weeks of saving my high-school allowance. (I have however kept my hands on a copy of the Rules Cyclopedia). In the next few weeks I will be giving away most of my collection of dragon-and-other-fantasy ornaments, keeping only a few pieces which have particular sentimental value.
Other items which I have been hanging onto mostly because of sentimental value are going to have to go. for example my very first laptop/tablet, a major purchase but hasn't been powered up for anything practical in ages will go in the serious prune of all the computer parts and cables etc I have kept around 'just in case'. Some have occasionally come in handy, but most of the rest I can acquire if needed from a quick trip to the Eco-store or Molten Media.
Most of the furniture is also going to have to go. The nice oak table/chairs from Gladson and matching sideboard (currently sans leg :( ), possibly the big ornament cabinet from my parents (and several other items which we had hoped to have space for which are currently living in Mum's garage are going to have to be waived), my grandmother's dresser, several sets of drawers of no particular sentimental value... We have found a way to lift the table my Dad restored to the right height to be D's stand-at crafting table much to both of our reliefs.
And I still need to figure out how to rehome the boxes of Phantom comics. In their day they were mostly a cheap read-and-throw-away publication, but now they are somewhat collectible and I feel they must be due more than that. (D has a similar problem with a large box of more recent Wonder Woman comics but hers are at least nicely bagged and in excellent condition).
Having made the decision it's surprisingly easy to part with most things, just ... feels.
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