Lighthearted - if I could go back and tell myself......

[crispsinasandwich]

You don't need so much stuff! At 53 years older my house is just full of stuff.

I need to trust that if I haven't used it in two years I don't need it and to get rid of it!

Also - if you can afford it - buy quality but buy once. I have a load of crappy stuff that nobody (including me) wants - and not good enough for the charity shop - but I can't bear to put it in landfill.

Me and DP have just had this exact conversation, why do we have so much stuff? We have lived in the same house over 20 years and have stuff we haven’t used or looked at in over a decade. He has just suggested we go in one room at a time and be ruthless. It’s not messy or hoarding but kept just in case! Drawers, wardrobes, kitchen cupboards, book shelves and the loft, oh the loft 🙈

Just in case! Exactly the same here

You have many talents and you need to cultivate each one of them! I was very good at art when I was little and I was very creative but thought that somehow it did not need any nourishment. I am now preaching to my DD that if you are good at something - reading, studying, writing, singing, dancing, drawing - you should keep it up, alongside with whatever else you have chosen to do for a living. With time it will keep giving you joy and it will be your little safe haven from the crushes that life gives us.

Similar but different, don't save nice things 'for best', enjoy your nice things!

We moved after 20 years in the same house. The garage was so full we couldn't even fit a car in it. It took 3 months to sift through all of the boxes and rubbish we'd accumulated and I'm so glad we did it. I'd hate to have to do that in my 70's or for my kids to do it, if for example, we had to go into care. Now, if it's not been used for a year, it is passed on or taken to the charity shop.

Not to waste my time worried.

Always worring over something.

Every thing will be ok , so enjoy yourself more.

However even though i lnow that, i also know that i will be worried about something else soon 🙄

I wish I could go back in time and tell my in-laws this. Currently trying to sort through so much stuff 🤦🏼‍♀️