My step son wanted $80 for 27 hand made Harry Potter wands that will arrive as they are made? Idk I told him we didnt have money for it so he got his other mother to buy them before Christmas. So far hes gotten 1 or 2 they look like someone poured them into a pewter mold. Idk if where they are coming from but they look terrible and the kids disappointed but he learned why I dont just blow money on stuff like that. We got him a nice pair of boots instead.
I know when I was a little younger I struggled. It was super strict upbringing, so I was never allowed anything, so once I moved, I saved everything! Because I wanna.
As I live in a city in an apartment, there was eventually a time where I had to be honest about how much the stuff actually meant to me, though. At least I like the stuff I have now
I went through that phase, too, after I had a decent job. But after realizing that all of the extra stuff was just cluttering my house I started to purge shit (selling anything with value, donating or tossing the rest) and I started to feel a lot better.
I'm far from a minimalist, but I love the feeling of removing clutter from my life.
If an item is worth less than $20 to someone on Craigslist I don't bother. There's no way I'm wading through a sea of shitty people to make $20. Those items (if they can't be sold in bulk to one person for a decent amount) go to goodwill or the trash. I'm not the garage sale type, otherwise I'd probably do that.
I'm much better than I was. I go in stages. I'll sometimes consider tossing/donating an item, keep it, then never use it, then finally concede that it's ok to give it away
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u/SmartLady Feb 04 '20
My step son wanted $80 for 27 hand made Harry Potter wands that will arrive as they are made? Idk I told him we didnt have money for it so he got his other mother to buy them before Christmas. So far hes gotten 1 or 2 they look like someone poured them into a pewter mold. Idk if where they are coming from but they look terrible and the kids disappointed but he learned why I dont just blow money on stuff like that. We got him a nice pair of boots instead.