fuck you, moving!

Originally Posted by yoko*

FYI - You can arrange for an organization to come pick-up your clothing if you don't have time to drop it off yourself. The Vancuiover Developmental disabilities association for example does pick-ups. They also have donation bins across the lower mainland.
Link:

Developmental Disabilities Association

i just moved today. my bf and i donated 6 garbage bags of clothing. sooo wish i saw this earlier. definitely would have been more time consuming to have it picked up

[veN]

Originally Posted by yoko*

I am moving with just one big red suit case.

It's amazing when you take inventory of all the things you "have" or have "accumulated" over the years and you ask yourself whether you really "need" those items and realize that you don't. It's pretty eye-opening when you realize that there really isn't very much that you *need* materially in this life,

this have never been more true for me than it is now.

Originally Posted by yoko*

and that at least 75% of the money that you spent on things you thought you wanted at the time, would have been better invested on more lasting, meaningful or useful things.

ya, like a fire safe for photo albums and heirlooms!

Originally Posted by yoko*

There's something liberating about getting rid of all the crap that you have and really don't get any "value" from. All I need is some clothes, some kitchenware, toiletries and some books.

I try and do this every cpl of months, giving things i no longer want/need to my family first (esp clothes to my mum/sister). It's a good feeling to free up space, and knowing that well-deserving people are getting use out of your goods.

Originally Posted by yoko*

I wound up donating 17 bags of shoes and clothes to the developmental disabilities association.

I worked for DDA for 2 years. This is a great organization to support!

thanks for such a great reply Yoko.

and good luck with the move Jess!

Originally Posted by yoko*

This time round, when I buy things I'm really going to have to ask myself whether I really *need* it.

I'm really trying to do this. Really.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by yoko*

I am moving with just one big red suit case.

It's amazing when you take inventory of all the things you "have" or have "accumulated" over the years and you ask yourself whether you really "need" those items and realize that you don't. It's pretty eye-opening when you realize that there really isn't very much that you *need* materially in this life, and that at least 75% of the money that you spent on things you thought you wanted at the time, would have been better invested on more lasting, meaningful or useful things.

There's something liberating about getting rid of all the crap that you have and really don't get any "value" from. All I need is some clothes, some kitchenware, toiletries and some books. I wound up donating 17 bags of shoes and clothes to the developmental disabilities association.

This time round, when I buy things I'm really going to have to ask myself whether I really *need* it.

While I think that sentiment is quite nice - are you moving somewhere that is fully furnished or are you going to sleep and eat on the floor? :/

[Drazkers]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

While I think that sentiment is quite nice - are you moving somewhere that is fully furnished or are you going to sleep and eat on the floor? :/

The answer seems kinda obvious to me...

On the moving note.
I'm slowly moving into my girlfriends, every time i go over i bring some stuff, its the easiest move i've ever done, will be fully in by the 10th.

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

While I think that sentiment is quite nice - are you moving somewhere that is fully furnished or are you going to sleep and eat on the floor? :/

My situation is a bit unique, but yeah I was talking more trivial things like clothes and the fact that over the years I accumulated a bunch of crappy clothes and useless shit that I didn't get much wear/use out of (hence the 17 bags of donations). But definitely, I couldn't say the same for say, a bed or a couch.

[prozac]

So the move is finally done!

My new apartment is awesome, I am excited to come home every day...I'm only partially set up and I have no livingroom furniture for now, but it's getting there.

The couch and chair and my old microwave went to Homestart, which furnishes apartments for people starting over with nothing, like refugees and women escaping abusive relationships. HomeStart Foundation - Furnishing homes, rebuilding lives

Just got the internet working today, my laptop is perched on a cardboard box. ahhhh home sweet home.

My friends say I'm not allowed to move for another 3 years and I agree.

[tiedye]

Jess, I can get you free furniture for your living room.

[Vitamin-X]

Originally Posted by prozac

So the move is finally done!

My new apartment is awesome, I am excited to come home every day...I'm only partially set up and I have no livingroom furniture for now, but it's getting there.

The couch and chair and my old microwave went to Homestart, which furnishes apartments for people starting over with nothing, like refugees and women escaping abusive relationships. HomeStart Foundation - Furnishing homes, rebuilding lives
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I thought you told us to dump them in the river?