Daniel Dudley
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If you put something away, you will need it nextday. Thats true.
If you put everything away, you will be able to find it EVERYDAY...
I have collected too much junk
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If you put everything away, you will be able to find it EVERYDAY...
Crzydmnd72
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Bill's thread was an inspiration to me. We are a family of 3, living in a 1100SF home with a single car garage. The house itself was never cluttered much, but my wife and I read Bill's thread together and were still able to go thru and pitch about 15 bags (39gallon) of stuff over a months time. The difference is mainly seen in the closets. They have room now lol!
The garage is a different story. Its hard to believe that the house and garage are occupied by the same people, since the house is neat and uncluttered and the garage isnt. I am preparing to post my own cleanup thread, and I know a lot will be sent to the trash. Progress will be slow and limited at first, as I am dealing with spine problems and cannot do much currently.
The garage is a different story. Its hard to believe that the house and garage are occupied by the same people, since the house is neat and uncluttered and the garage isnt. I am preparing to post my own cleanup thread, and I know a lot will be sent to the trash. Progress will be slow and limited at first, as I am dealing with spine problems and cannot do much currently.
ambenz
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Great advice!!!
atk406
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Started my cleaning project today with a newfound commitment. It has been difficult because some of my junk was my late father's junk, so I'm battling what I think he would say if he were here with me. He would not approve.
First project - Screws and stuff.
I went through a fairly large box and large shelf full of screws, nails, bolts, washers, fasteners, little metal doodads, you name it. Most got thrown, some got sorted into 4 or 5 existing half-filled organizers, and I'm sure most of what I saved could have been tossed. I actually had little jars with old rusty nails in them that my father likely pulled from a building he tore down. I have 6 large plastic organizers that my girlfriend recently emptied and donated to my collection (she makes jewelry and updated to better organizers). It was all I could do to not start filling them up. I kept them empty, and tomorrow I'm giving 4 of them away to a couple of buddies. I kept two of them, and I don't even know why. As I type this, I'm thinking I should go add the other 2 to my giveaway pile.
Project 2 - Old toys.
Yep, I still have some of my childhood toys (I'm 45). A Big Jim Rescue Rig, an Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle, a huge bin full of Tonka trucks, and a bucket full of matchbox cars. My girlfriend is on Ebay right now trying to figure their worth. Could be $500 or more based on what she is seeing. I've been dragging this junk around since I moved from my parents house 27 years ago!
Project 3 - Trophies
I used to race motorcycles, and although I don't race anymore, I still ride and I'm a huge fan. I have a few really big trophies (4 to 5 footers), and 40 or 50 smaller ones. The amount of money, sweat, pain, dedication and scars I spent acquiring those trophies is immeasurable. Yet they are just hunks of plastic and cheap wood that are taking up tons of space and I have no where to display them. I'm thinking of taking a digital photo of each of them, then taking a photo of all of them with me and my current bike...then tossing them. That will be a tough one, and I'm still trying to convince myself I can do it.
That is enough to keep me busy for now, but I'm not going to stop until my mess is under control. Projects 4-X are next. Let's keep this thread going, I will need the inspiration.
First project - Screws and stuff.
I went through a fairly large box and large shelf full of screws, nails, bolts, washers, fasteners, little metal doodads, you name it. Most got thrown, some got sorted into 4 or 5 existing half-filled organizers, and I'm sure most of what I saved could have been tossed. I actually had little jars with old rusty nails in them that my father likely pulled from a building he tore down. I have 6 large plastic organizers that my girlfriend recently emptied and donated to my collection (she makes jewelry and updated to better organizers). It was all I could do to not start filling them up. I kept them empty, and tomorrow I'm giving 4 of them away to a couple of buddies. I kept two of them, and I don't even know why. As I type this, I'm thinking I should go add the other 2 to my giveaway pile.
Project 2 - Old toys.
Yep, I still have some of my childhood toys (I'm 45). A Big Jim Rescue Rig, an Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle, a huge bin full of Tonka trucks, and a bucket full of matchbox cars. My girlfriend is on Ebay right now trying to figure their worth. Could be $500 or more based on what she is seeing. I've been dragging this junk around since I moved from my parents house 27 years ago!
Project 3 - Trophies
I used to race motorcycles, and although I don't race anymore, I still ride and I'm a huge fan. I have a few really big trophies (4 to 5 footers), and 40 or 50 smaller ones. The amount of money, sweat, pain, dedication and scars I spent acquiring those trophies is immeasurable. Yet they are just hunks of plastic and cheap wood that are taking up tons of space and I have no where to display them. I'm thinking of taking a digital photo of each of them, then taking a photo of all of them with me and my current bike...then tossing them. That will be a tough one, and I'm still trying to convince myself I can do it.
That is enough to keep me busy for now, but I'm not going to stop until my mess is under control. Projects 4-X are next. Let's keep this thread going, I will need the inspiration.
montie
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I think I happened upon this forum for a very, very good reason!! Ithink it is similar to alcoholism, you have to accept and then work around the problem. I grew up "poor" and always longed for this and that, hence the problem of hoarding just escalated. I will post some pics of my present garage/workshop/ storeroom shortly.
Regards,
Montie
Omphaloskeptic
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Popeye31, $97 buys a lot of spinach; you'll need it to tackle the clean-up! Look at it this way, if you do a thorough job of cleaning up what you have, you may not have to build a new garage at all.
A hoarder's paradox - "I don't have enough space to properly store my 'stuff', therefore I will build/buy/rent more space, and of course, I will then proceed to fill up that space with even more 'stuff' because I now have room for more of it."
(my quote)
We hoarders keep accumulating 'stuff' thinking we will live forever and have plenty of time to build our projects, repair everything that was ever broke, and eventually have the perfect home/shop/life. Damn, we sure are good at fooling ourselves, aren't we?
A hoarder's paradox - "I don't have enough space to properly store my 'stuff', therefore I will build/buy/rent more space, and of course, I will then proceed to fill up that space with even more 'stuff' because I now have room for more of it."
(my quote)We hoarders keep accumulating 'stuff' thinking we will live forever and have plenty of time to build our projects, repair everything that was ever broke, and eventually have the perfect home/shop/life. Damn, we sure are good at fooling ourselves, aren't we?
JimVonBaden
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Do yourself, and the kids, a favor and donate the trophies to the local MC clubs as trophies to be recycled. All the ones in good shape can have new plaques put on them and used for the amature races. Our local club did a trophy drive once and came up with over 100 trophies that were donated to a couple local MC clubs. Very rewarding way to justify getting rid of them. I did the same with my dad's bowling trophies when he died.
Jim
PS I am moving to our new house in a couple weeks. We have already thrown away tons of stuff, with more to go. Some trash, some yard sale, and the leftover from the yard sale is going to charity.
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atk406
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That's a great idea! Thanks
Northstar
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I'm not horrible, but I noticed a genetic trend when I cleaned out my dad's stuff.
Thanks for all the tips and tricks. One thing that might also help is getting a Bagster from Home Depot. They're @ $30 and you fill them at your own pace. When full, call the number incluided and a carrier will come pick it up, fee is based on location and load, mine are usually $85-$110.
As for smaller stuff and scrap type things, best to only keep if you have a definitave use. One thing my dad would do is keep stuff for future use. he would end up not finding it and buy another, thereby replacing that thing he was keeping thinking he would save money. I've found myself going through things now thinking of immediate uses. If I can't think of anything I WILL be uusing it for in the next 3 months, I pitch or donate it.
Thanks for all the tips and tricks. One thing that might also help is getting a Bagster from Home Depot. They're @ $30 and you fill them at your own pace. When full, call the number incluided and a carrier will come pick it up, fee is based on location and load, mine are usually $85-$110.
As for smaller stuff and scrap type things, best to only keep if you have a definitave use. One thing my dad would do is keep stuff for future use. he would end up not finding it and buy another, thereby replacing that thing he was keeping thinking he would save money. I've found myself going through things now thinking of immediate uses. If I can't think of anything I WILL be uusing it for in the next 3 months, I pitch or donate it.
5lima30
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I am not a hoarder and prefer a more organized approach to stuff I might need. My parents on the other hand did not believe in throwing hardly anything away. (My grand parents were immigrants and my parents grew up during the Depression.)
After my Dad was killed in an auto accident we had to get rid of a bunch of stuff. Later when my sister and I had to put my mother into assisted living we had to spend 2 full weeks cleaning out her house. That being said the best gift you can leave your adult children is for them to NOT have clean out all your junk. JMHO.
After my Dad was killed in an auto accident we had to get rid of a bunch of stuff. Later when my sister and I had to put my mother into assisted living we had to spend 2 full weeks cleaning out her house. That being said the best gift you can leave your adult children is for them to NOT have clean out all your junk. JMHO.
scada
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I am a hoarder, not the found dead under piles of stuff phase yet, but certainly don't have anyone over because the house is a mess. Starting christmas 2011 I started cleaning stuff up. I have cleaned the garage pretty good, my home office except for the really old papers in the filing cabinet. I need to go thru the master bedroom and throw out the **** load of clothes I don't hardly wear. It is hard and it creeps up on you.
Part of the problem is that there is an expectations that acquiring things will bring you some sort of inner peace, and when that does not happen you end up getting more stuff. next thing you know you have so much **** and not enough time to use any of it.
Part of the problem is that there is an expectations that acquiring things will bring you some sort of inner peace, and when that does not happen you end up getting more stuff. next thing you know you have so much **** and not enough time to use any of it.
6768rogues
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I have an 1800 square foot garage at my residence and a farm an hour away with 10,000 square feet of indoor storage. When I buy a parts car, I have to clean out an area for it. I have 6 drivable cars, two project cars, 4 parts cars, a restored tractor and three more tractors to restore. It took me a long time to accumulate this stuff (I wouldn't characterize it a junk). I like stuff. I think I will build another building........
Deadhead
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As others have said - Do this for your kids or grandkids. If they are close to you, the pain that they will go through throwing your things away is unbearable. I know on a personal level. I am cleaning out a 60 x 120 that belong to my grandpa. When I first started I could only work on it about 2 hours and I have to leave because it was so overwhelming. When I started you could not put a riding mower in there it was packed so bad. 7 vehicles. Sold 2, scrap 2, selling another one now and kept 2. One for me and one for my brother. My brother and I agreed to take a weeks vacation from work and bust our tails. Our plan was to clean a third of it that was concreted. After the vehicles sold and the scrap was hauled off I think we made a little over 4000 dollars that week.
Here are a few pointers on starting
Rule #1 DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BUILDING TILL YOU ARE COMPLETELY FINISHED CLEANING IT.
Start small - if you think you are going to do this in a few days you are crazy.
Work in small sections. Our wall post are 10 to 12 feet apart. So I try to go from the center of the building to the side (30 feet) and work in a 5 to 6 foot wide swath on my way to the way. Sorting into keep, trash or scrap haul.
Set yourself up a reward day. For instance I found about 12 hand carry tool boxes full of tools. I placed them in the tools section and refused to go through them untill I made signifigant progress on my cleaning. I only opened one box each time I made my progress. I still have not gone through all of them.
Once you get the stuff that needs to go in the trash can out you will have a ton of space to start organizing.
Go buy you the 3 biggest tupperware containers you can find and label them A, B, and C for aluminum brass and copper. When you make your first scrap haul, go buy yourself a wheel barrow if you dont already have one. This will help hauling it out of the shop and not breaking your back.
Start an antique pile but make sure its worth a little something before it goes in the pile. When i get my piles big enough I call 2 antique dealers and have them meet me on the weekends. I set something out that I thought I might get 15 bucks out of it and was offered 100 on the spot so I figured it sold for 150 to 160 in the shop. If they dont make an offer or tell you its junk, throw it away.
Nails and screws -
We found enough nails and screws to build 10 houses. Maybe more. I kept a coffee can full and donated the rest to high school FFA (agri) department.
Lastly - take a camera and take pictures of the next area to work on - takes lots of pictures, look the stuff up online before time and go into it knowing what you got and what its worth. Im not greedy or motivated by money but I figure if someone is willing to pay me for it I will sell it instead of throwing it away. Some things are not for sale and I understand that as well.
I am 9-10 months into my cleaning. Its very hard work, I say this because this is not going to be easy. Sometimes I go 2 weeks or so before I do anything on it because of work, family, and weather as I have no heat in the shop. But its always in the back of my mind to get it clean and organized. I have no set schedule as to when it has to be done, but I have future plans for the building. I want it clean for me and my teenage boys to use. I figure it will take 2 more years or sorting and selling but the money made goes to better lighting, a nice lift, a lathe, a mill, a whatever it may be that I want in there. My shop will be a shop - not a junk storage unit.
I hope some of that helps
Here are a few pointers on starting
Rule #1 DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BUILDING TILL YOU ARE COMPLETELY FINISHED CLEANING IT.
Start small - if you think you are going to do this in a few days you are crazy.
Work in small sections. Our wall post are 10 to 12 feet apart. So I try to go from the center of the building to the side (30 feet) and work in a 5 to 6 foot wide swath on my way to the way. Sorting into keep, trash or scrap haul.
Set yourself up a reward day. For instance I found about 12 hand carry tool boxes full of tools. I placed them in the tools section and refused to go through them untill I made signifigant progress on my cleaning. I only opened one box each time I made my progress. I still have not gone through all of them.
Once you get the stuff that needs to go in the trash can out you will have a ton of space to start organizing.
Go buy you the 3 biggest tupperware containers you can find and label them A, B, and C for aluminum brass and copper. When you make your first scrap haul, go buy yourself a wheel barrow if you dont already have one. This will help hauling it out of the shop and not breaking your back.
Start an antique pile but make sure its worth a little something before it goes in the pile. When i get my piles big enough I call 2 antique dealers and have them meet me on the weekends. I set something out that I thought I might get 15 bucks out of it and was offered 100 on the spot so I figured it sold for 150 to 160 in the shop. If they dont make an offer or tell you its junk, throw it away.
Nails and screws -
We found enough nails and screws to build 10 houses. Maybe more. I kept a coffee can full and donated the rest to high school FFA (agri) department.
Lastly - take a camera and take pictures of the next area to work on - takes lots of pictures, look the stuff up online before time and go into it knowing what you got and what its worth. Im not greedy or motivated by money but I figure if someone is willing to pay me for it I will sell it instead of throwing it away. Some things are not for sale and I understand that as well.
I am 9-10 months into my cleaning. Its very hard work, I say this because this is not going to be easy. Sometimes I go 2 weeks or so before I do anything on it because of work, family, and weather as I have no heat in the shop. But its always in the back of my mind to get it clean and organized. I have no set schedule as to when it has to be done, but I have future plans for the building. I want it clean for me and my teenage boys to use. I figure it will take 2 more years or sorting and selling but the money made goes to better lighting, a nice lift, a lathe, a mill, a whatever it may be that I want in there. My shop will be a shop - not a junk storage unit.
I hope some of that helps
JimVonBaden
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I have no idea how to do that. And you should see my basement! 50 bicycles, 7 motorcycles, 7 vehicles, a 32' X 4' loft, a 22' X22' loft and 60' of bench/counter top all filled to overflow.
Wow, you have a lot of "stuff"! Time to consolidate! It is imensely liberating!
Jim
sberry
Banned
I just spend the day moving stuff, 3 men for half the day, 2 of us the full day with one on forklift. Tossed some things while we were at it. Tiring. I create space for things if I am going to save, if its not being worked on or a valuable tool out of the shop it goes. As one said,,, its not heated junk storage.
fivefochevy
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Give all your old trophies to the boy scouts/girl scouts. they can repurpose them...
MrSnicks
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I never sell anything I may have to purchase later on. You will sell it the first time for less then you paid for it at a loss (unless got a great buy the first time) and you will pay more than you sold it for the 2nd time you buy it. I'm kicking myself for selling my extra engine stand because I didn't think I would have 2 engines on stands at the same time... WRONG!
I also try to buy used so that if I MUST sell it I can make a profit or break even. I am not a horder but I have stuff. I can park 2 cars in my 2 car garage but it took a lot of work, building shelves and buying Gladiator products used and on sale.
Patrick
I also try to buy used so that if I MUST sell it I can make a profit or break even. I am not a horder but I have stuff. I can park 2 cars in my 2 car garage but it took a lot of work, building shelves and buying Gladiator products used and on sale.
Patrick
The best thing about selling off stuff is that you can find another down the road for the same price as you sold yours... should you need another. Tough to trust, but once you have earned your space back, it is tough to go there again.
camarotoolman
Banned
Sometimes you get good money for broken stuff, for parts. but i am junk man, geared up for it. If nothing else ya can sell it for scap. 1st. time you have to pay $35 for a switch for a power tool you will wish you had to old junk one. Also depends how far you are from the store too, with gas prices the way they are. Fred Sanford and Mr. Haynee (green acres for you youngins) are my heroes!
machine_punk
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The TV shows that used to go in and clean out for people used a formula something like this...
- Take EVERYTHING out of the space you want to clean.
- Cut the number of items in half (literally separate them into two piles).
- Have someone who knows you divide what remains into half again (literally move things to separate piles.
- The original person has the opportunity to pull 5-10 items from that 'disposal pile' and put them back into the save pile.
Then, you need to put the remaining stuff back in the space you have. Go vertical with storage (shelves and cabinets). The ultimate goal is to get it down to items you actually use and a few items you absolutely love.
I know for me, I just have to put aside time to do the sorting. I am making steady and slow progress on my garage...moving the Stuff back a few inches or feet at a time.
Good luck! Post before and after pictures in a thread.
- Take EVERYTHING out of the space you want to clean.
- Cut the number of items in half (literally separate them into two piles).
- Have someone who knows you divide what remains into half again (literally move things to separate piles.
- The original person has the opportunity to pull 5-10 items from that 'disposal pile' and put them back into the save pile.
Then, you need to put the remaining stuff back in the space you have. Go vertical with storage (shelves and cabinets). The ultimate goal is to get it down to items you actually use and a few items you absolutely love.
I know for me, I just have to put aside time to do the sorting. I am making steady and slow progress on my garage...moving the Stuff back a few inches or feet at a time.
Good luck! Post before and after pictures in a thread.
I brought a 55 gallon drum full of steel,aluminum,and a 5 gallon bucket of copper,a rearend, a locked up model A motor, an old rusted out tool box and some other scrap steel to the scrap yard got $100 bucks for it. got to clean up some more and add the $100 to my new garage fund now totaling $900.only 9,100 to go. next weekend im going to fill the back of my truck with stuff for the dump.that should put a big dent in the garage. O and I also sold some stuff on craigs list two chain saws and a engine leveler. so the grand total made off the junk in the garage so far is $160 will get more pics as i progress
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A friend gave me a crackerjack box that will go in the new garage so I cleaned out an area it gave me motivation to do something in the4 garage filled up two garbage cans and I even have enough room to go ahead and fix my motor bike Im selling to fund the garage build. next is the space to the right of the toolbox thats the third pic. if I can get this area cleaned out I can start moving some of the biger items that need tossing.and I will have some breathing room .
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May Pop
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I just found this thread. I grew up as a junk collector kid and still am to this day. Just like many of you I see the value of junk and want to bring it home. One of my best freinds and also my brother are hoarders. I have taken the thought of a can or 2 each garbage day. I cant seem to make a dent as its almost impossible to get rid of the "valuable" stuff. I recently changed jobs and turned in a full size Chevy van to the old company. It was full of equipment and material that has taken over the benches walls and floor that I had finally cleared over the last 1-2 years. All "valuable" stuff. The back garage has 2 trucks STUFFED into it and is hard to use for anything other than squeezing to get to the shop press. The bridgeport is almost impossible to even turn on. Like others I would like to build another garage or shed or lean to. The trucks have been in storage for 25+ years. I work on the driveway in the summer and winter shuffle **** in the front-heated storage-garage.
About 6 weeks ago my brothers attached garage caught fire and ruined the house with it. Might have been a defective battery charger. EVERYTHING a total loss.
My wife has harped on me for 30 years to stop collecting.
I dream of the projects I can accomplish if the stuff was gone.
Ron
About 6 weeks ago my brothers attached garage caught fire and ruined the house with it. Might have been a defective battery charger. EVERYTHING a total loss.
My wife has harped on me for 30 years to stop collecting.
I dream of the projects I can accomplish if the stuff was gone.
Ron
DIYKiah
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You could have plenty of room in your garage for storage if you installed some kind of wall mounted or overhead shelving. The garage is the one area of a house were most homeowners still have room for storage.... all they have to do to utilize it is install some kind of shelving or cabinetry.
BeachBum2012
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My dad is a hoarder as well. I just moved him from Phoenix to Los Angeles last weekend. Moving ended up costing nearly $7k after an estimate of $3k due to the huge amount of junk that got moved.
Some of it is stuff, but most is junk. My dad has never fixed anything in his life and is disabled so there's a lot he can't do. He has four ladders and couldn't make it onto the first step of one if his life depended on it. We counted 23 boxes of Christmas decorations and he's Jewish. He has more tools that some full shops I've seen and doesn't even know what half of them are let alone how to use them.
We're working on fixing up the house he's in now(the one I grew up in) to sell and are going to move him into a small condo. I have no idea how I'm going to get him to let go of anything. The amount of stuff he has will need to be cut down to a quarter of what it is to manage in a new place. Its going to be a nightmare.
Some of it is stuff, but most is junk. My dad has never fixed anything in his life and is disabled so there's a lot he can't do. He has four ladders and couldn't make it onto the first step of one if his life depended on it. We counted 23 boxes of Christmas decorations and he's Jewish. He has more tools that some full shops I've seen and doesn't even know what half of them are let alone how to use them.
We're working on fixing up the house he's in now(the one I grew up in) to sell and are going to move him into a small condo. I have no idea how I'm going to get him to let go of anything. The amount of stuff he has will need to be cut down to a quarter of what it is to manage in a new place. Its going to be a nightmare.
The more shelves I build, the more **** I collect to fill them. I'm actually trying to get rid of a couple cabinets to force myself to not keep as much junk.
Strouty
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I feel like you could have unlimited cabinets, as long as you kept them neat and organized. I have the same problem you have, only due to my disorganization. I wish they had medications for that!
bams50
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Sometimes I clown around a little on the forum, with fun comments here and there; but all joking aside, this is a serious problem for me. I really didn't think I had a problem until I started thinking about selling my place and looking around. Damn!
I know tobacco use and alcoholism are sicknesses, and can be hard to conquer. I think this might be at least similar. Hopefully it will easier to overcome. I DO NOT want my survivors to go through the heartache others have mentioned cleaning up my mess; I went through it with all my father's clutter- some of which I still have, 28 years after his passing!
To that end, I am going scorched-earth here. My thing is classic cars, and I have chosen my course of action: I had the local scrapyard in to give me scrap prices on everything. I am listing most of them on eBay for two 10-day listings starting a little below what the scrapyard offered, no reserve. If they do not sell after two runs, the crusher gets them. Period. You may laugh, but it was a VERY hard decision to make. I'm hoping when it's over I can police myself better and manage what I acquire and keep in the future.
FWIW, here's my eBay page:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/bams50/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692
I still love old cars, but I'll limit myself to a couple in the future. The upside is, there's enough that it will be a decent few bucks when it's done. Wish me luck!
I know tobacco use and alcoholism are sicknesses, and can be hard to conquer. I think this might be at least similar. Hopefully it will easier to overcome. I DO NOT want my survivors to go through the heartache others have mentioned cleaning up my mess; I went through it with all my father's clutter- some of which I still have, 28 years after his passing!
To that end, I am going scorched-earth here. My thing is classic cars, and I have chosen my course of action: I had the local scrapyard in to give me scrap prices on everything. I am listing most of them on eBay for two 10-day listings starting a little below what the scrapyard offered, no reserve. If they do not sell after two runs, the crusher gets them. Period. You may laugh, but it was a VERY hard decision to make. I'm hoping when it's over I can police myself better and manage what I acquire and keep in the future.
FWIW, here's my eBay page:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/bams50/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692
I still love old cars, but I'll limit myself to a couple in the future. The upside is, there's enough that it will be a decent few bucks when it's done. Wish me luck!
I used to think I had to get every tool that was a good deal, at auction, yard sale etc. One day my wife tried to enter my pole barn to get a cordless drill and couldn't even see the floor. Two months later we had a garage sale and sold seven rollaways along with $2800 worth of tools, projects, useful junk etc.
Having 7 of the same wrenches simply isn't practical and it took her putting her foot down to make me realize I had a problem at all. nowadays I buy wall stuff and my general rule is if i can find space for it on the wall I can have it.
Funniest comment at the sale...little old lady stopped while I was in the house and seeing all the tools asked my wife. "did your husband pass?" my wife response " no I just made him clean up his warehouse" we still laugh over it.
Having 7 of the same wrenches simply isn't practical and it took her putting her foot down to make me realize I had a problem at all. nowadays I buy wall stuff and my general rule is if i can find space for it on the wall I can have it.
Funniest comment at the sale...little old lady stopped while I was in the house and seeing all the tools asked my wife. "did your husband pass?" my wife response " no I just made him clean up his warehouse" we still laugh over it.
Too much stuff in a garage! No not possible. There is always a place for one more thing.
See there is plenty of room.
If you ever decide you have too much, dibs on the Buell sign..
