{"id":111,"date":"2002-11-10T23:42:55","date_gmt":"2002-11-11T07:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=111"},"modified":"2006-12-22T17:12:21","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T01:12:21","slug":"you-cant-take-it-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"You Can’t Take It With You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuff<\/a> sounds exactly what it is: an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Everyone has stuff. Some of us have a lot of it. Some of us have very little of it. Some of us drink beverages made from the best of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Myself, I used to live and travel lightly. I would weed out all the bad stuff from the good stuff and keep only what I absolutely couldn’t live without—water, food, shelter, clothing, books, CDs, software, computers, photos, junk drawer items that might one day come in handy, most especially on those rainy days when just about everything is going wrong and you have no money to buy, say, a ball of twine, etc., etc.<\/p>\n

Yeah. You know. Necessary stuff.<\/p>\n

But it’s really kind of silly keeping those tin cans in which the Corinthians Vanilla Cream Wafers are originally stored, even though, yes, they might come in handy for keeping those wonderful knick-knacks and keepsakes we all like to think we will cherish forever and ever, looking upon them and remembering the good times that were had that day you picked up that rock or shell or flower or figurine.<\/p>\n

Or maybe I just have the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease<\/a>, and I should<\/i> remember where the hell I got this nifty shirt.<\/p>\n

Seriously, though, I’ve learned during this move that I’ve amassed more stuff<\/i> in the past few years than I ever have in my lifetime, and I can’t even figure out why I’ve been keeping them. It’s not like I’m a packrat or anything; in fact, I throw out quite a lot of stuff<\/i>, far more than a certain someone would like. But this whole thing with me going back to the old place to retrieve more stuff<\/i> that I couldn’t move in one trip or two is really getting to be ridiculous.<\/p>\n

What would happen if I was suddenly robbed, or if the place went up in flames, or if everything simply disappeared? I’ll bet I couldn’t even remember or list half the stuff<\/i> I had. And what if I just keeled over and died? It’s not like I could take the stuff<\/i> with me to whatever afterlife might await me.<\/p>\n

So why the hell do I have so much stuff<\/i> to begin with? Why am I keeping it all?<\/p>\n

*Sigh* Well… I’m not, of course. I’m just seriously overdue for some weeding of the stuff<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Anyone got a weed whacker?<\/p>\nShare this post:

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Stuff sounds exactly what it is: an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter. Everyone has stuff. Some of us have a lot of it. Some of us have very little of it. Some of us drink beverages made from the best of it. Myself, I used to live and travel lightly. I would weed out all the bad stuff from the good stuff and keep only what I absolutely couldn’t live without—water, food, shelter, clothing, books, CDs, software, computers,…<\/p>\n

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