What do your things say about you to others? (29)

To answer my own questions - I despense with things quite easily, now, simply because I no longer place value on inanimate objects. For so long I lived weighted down with "valuable" inherited things - until I decided to re-locate with only my 20kg of travel luggage .... Wow, what a lovely feeling! Just giving away stuff! And now - if someone wants something, they can have it. What I need seems to always find me anyway!



Part and parcel of the current me? My pc, my box of paints and brushes, my manuscripts, and a small collection of inspirational books, and my staple gun (can do SO much with that!) The rest is replaceable.

Ah, Elley, you will see, in time, that she did you a favour. The manuscript? Ja that was valuable ... but your brain can come up with another ......even better one! (maybe that was a "roadsign"? - it was not meant to be?)

The chip will get lighter too, as time passes. and one day it will just fall off, all on its own ....maybe when you give a shrug?

I have travelled quite a bit over the years, and one thing I have learned from that, is that I can easily walk away from 'things'. There are some books I would want to eventually have with me, a few possessions, but most things can be bought all over the world if and when I wanted that item again.

But in answer to the thread topic, you would be able to deduce that I do not splurge unnecessarily, yet what I do have is tasteful, some even rare items, including an original work of art by a prominent Chinese artist. I have minimal pieces of jewellery as most things I eventually lose. But I do prefer white gold and silver rather than yellow gold, and natural gemstones as well as good quality crystal jewellery such as swarovski. Handbags and footware will always be leather, unless made of fabric. Never 'eco leather'(what a horrible term for fake leather!).

A few years ago, I put my current family home on the market(no, I did not want to sell it in the end), so it was a great time to store things and go all minimalist. Well, at the end of the exercise, I had got to love living without clutter that I never did bring back those items. In fact, I had a garage sale at my brother's place, and what did not sell to the public, I sold to my brother! (I do wish I hadn't sold my antique oak desk though!)

Hi Ghost.

Maybe I was sad because in moving about a lot (I can't help it, I love to travel), you end up making friends who DO eventually become replaced also. You make friends with people in the International community. You bond quickly and make each other 'family substitutes' and then.............you move........it's strange.

But for today, with what I have and the friends around me, I shall smile.