As my Husband currently forages through the plethora of boxes in our basement, digs through the findings of the attic and attempts to machete his way through our closet all in the hopes of finding something that seems lost indefinitely, it makes me wonder.
When and how did we accumulate so much... STUFF?
I remember when we first got married almost 7 years ago. We had almost nothing to our names. I came with a double bed on a simplistic metal frame, a rocking reclining chair, a coffee table and matching side table that we used as a tv stands (tv included), a dresser, desk and desk chair. He came with a computer. My parents bequeathed to us a set of pots and pans, dishes, dish towels and pot holders as a "wedding" present.
Word to the wise - eloping isn't fruitful if you have materialistic needs.
In seven years we've accumulated a houseful of furniture and "things". I feel like I literally have stuff coming out of my ears some days! My desk never seems to stay clean for long, my kitchen is a whole different matter as there's no counter space so having so much "stuff" for the kitchen doesn't exactly help the situation. My living room is about the only relatively stuff-sane area of the house.
It makes me wonder; how much of this do we actually need? I realize that a portion of it is kept on for sentimental reasons as opposed to "we might need that one day!". I have unfinished art projects, and knick-knacks that I simply can't bear to get rid of (what if my daughter some day would like to have those?) but all they do is collect dust in my presence.
It all makes me long for the days when we barely had what we needed, let alone anything that we actually wanted. I often wish to go back to those days.
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