Story Knew for me how real things were when i chucked my things away without a second thought

[StevieNixs]

So this packing up my shit stuff is taking an age. The only thing I'm keeping in the house will be things I know my family will want.
But yesterday when I started donating much of the brand new clothing I'd bought and never worn plus many of my books (which for me are like gold dust), and things not listed that I felt a deep connection to, it dawned on me that I no longer felt vested in, nor a connection to any of my stuff. It was just dead weight.
Ideally I'd like to go to the nearest council skip and throw everything in it, but I would feel guilty about not donating the good stuff to charity.
It's like I'm saying they'll be no going back because most of my possessions will be gone.

 

[Alwaysbadtime]

If it's what you want I hope you can do it. Getting rid of shit is intense. It's good you are dealing with it. I wish I could. Most of my shit is 2800 miles away at one of my parents. Them throwing away my shit is uber depressing to think about.

I plan to exit before September.

 

[radiostrap]

That's gotta be so hard, I never thought about this to be honest. Planning to ctb quite soon. Something to think about for me I guess.

 

[StevieNixs]

That's gotta be so hard, I never thought about this to be honest. Planning to ctb quite soon. Something to think about for me I guess.

Yeah I am an order freak. I literally plan everything that is possible to plan - my sister used to say I had OCD, but nah.. I just like things fully resolved so no one else has to deal with it. I even bought a funeral plan like four years ago

 

[BrokenArrow]

I had exactly the same experience - I hoarded books for years and was super proud of my little library collection. I stuffed them into a couple of plastic sacks without a second thought along with a couple of French Connection shirts/jackets that I'd never worn, plus a bunch of other decent clothes. And an Xbox360 + about 20 games.

Didn't feel a thing when I handed it all off to a charity shop.

 

[LittleJem]

This is what I'm doing...tidying up before I CTB. It's arduous as I have so much stuff.

 

[BreakTheCycle]

I had a failed attempt early this year. I also gave away all my things. Wasn't a problem expect for my books. I've always lived minimalistic but I had a couple of hundreds books. I was proud of my library and it's been rly hard to give all these storys, all this knowledge, all this nice time away.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Imma hand out freshly sharpened cold streel knives to the homeless.

 

[FuneralCry]

I feel disconnected to most of the things that I own, I just keep things for the sake of keeping stuff. I hope to get rid of my stuff before ctb. I understand how it makes it seem more real, getting rid of things. I wish you well.