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<blockquote data-quote="peekaygee73" data-source="post: 567151" data-attributes="member: 6023"><p>Yep, I'm definitely feeling the same. There are a few things happened over the past few years that've led me there.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hitting 50 and realising that retirement isn't that far away. The more I spend on things I don't need, the further away retirement is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Moving house and realising (i) how much crap we have and (ii) that I have a nice house I'd like to make improvements to.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My in-laws house. They have a house full of stuff, chiefly down to my father-in-law. He was born in the the 1930s and had a really, really impoverished childhood. He did well for himself but that's resulted in the fatal combination of being able to afford stuff but not being able to get rid of things, as he pretty much had nothing as a child. Even stuff that's broken doesn't get binned so his garage is almost literally full to the ceiling with stuff., and every flat space in the house is covered with things. My mother-in-law died earlier this year and ended up spending the bulk of her last 6 months confined to their living room due to her illness. That room ended up rammed full of clothes, medicine, books, paperwork, etc... with nowhere to put them other than the floor and chairs. No matter what we tried they didn't want to deal with it. I don't want to end up like that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Re-evaluating my 'got to have them all' mentality (which didn't include vintage SW, thank goodness, but did cause problems with other things I was collecting). I got to the stage with some things where I was buying items I didn't really want, just because I 'needed' a full set. Kenner's 'Collect all...' tag line has a lot to answer for! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /></li> </ul><p>I've boxes and boxes of stuff stored in the garage that I never look at (not SW stuff) and I've realised there's no point in keeping it. I'll hang on to my childhood stuff, but as far as I'm concerned everything else is fair game. I actually find clearing it out quite cathartic.</p><p></p><p>There are a few things I collect and my SW collection isn't that large but I'd say around only 50% of it goes on display. I switch it around from time-to-time and get enjoyment from this but could probably sell a fair chunk of it and not miss it. There's other stuff I'm selling at the moment but I'm sure in the not too distant future I'll be selling some of my SW stuff too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peekaygee73, post: 567151, member: 6023"] Yep, I'm definitely feeling the same. There are a few things happened over the past few years that've led me there. [LIST] [*]Hitting 50 and realising that retirement isn't that far away. The more I spend on things I don't need, the further away retirement is. [*]Moving house and realising (i) how much crap we have and (ii) that I have a nice house I'd like to make improvements to. [*]My in-laws house. They have a house full of stuff, chiefly down to my father-in-law. He was born in the the 1930s and had a really, really impoverished childhood. He did well for himself but that's resulted in the fatal combination of being able to afford stuff but not being able to get rid of things, as he pretty much had nothing as a child. Even stuff that's broken doesn't get binned so his garage is almost literally full to the ceiling with stuff., and every flat space in the house is covered with things. My mother-in-law died earlier this year and ended up spending the bulk of her last 6 months confined to their living room due to her illness. That room ended up rammed full of clothes, medicine, books, paperwork, etc... with nowhere to put them other than the floor and chairs. No matter what we tried they didn't want to deal with it. I don't want to end up like that. [*]Re-evaluating my 'got to have them all' mentality (which didn't include vintage SW, thank goodness, but did cause problems with other things I was collecting). I got to the stage with some things where I was buying items I didn't really want, just because I 'needed' a full set. Kenner's 'Collect all...' tag line has a lot to answer for! :LOL: [/LIST] I've boxes and boxes of stuff stored in the garage that I never look at (not SW stuff) and I've realised there's no point in keeping it. I'll hang on to my childhood stuff, but as far as I'm concerned everything else is fair game. I actually find clearing it out quite cathartic. There are a few things I collect and my SW collection isn't that large but I'd say around only 50% of it goes on display. I switch it around from time-to-time and get enjoyment from this but could probably sell a fair chunk of it and not miss it. There's other stuff I'm selling at the moment but I'm sure in the not too distant future I'll be selling some of my SW stuff too. [/QUOTE]
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