what if.. hoarding

  As humans we get attached to objects because of sentimental value and we cant trash it.  We call it memorabilia or even worst, we have the object because ONE DAY WE WILL USE IT, NEED IT.. but we never do and when we do use it.. that gives us the 'you see, i did need it' excuse to keep holding on to more items.

   Seeing a few hours of hoarding shows I started to see that we dont start hoarding by saying, today i am going to start hoarding.  No thats not the case... people start hoarding because something happen in their life that causes them to feel that they have to hold on to an item/object for that raining day.


  Some will start earlier than that by having a parent that buys them teddy bears or a certain stuff toy that lots of us, cant give away or let go because it reminds us of our dad, mom, our dead grandparent.

  We are shown that its nice to hold on to Christmas/Birthday cards... out of respect for the person that gave it to you. the person took the time to buy the card and write a nice message on it..


  As kids, we hold on to clothes as one day they will fit us.. they have been passed down by our older brother or sister.

   Our parents have the 'lets hold to it' idea as with our baby clothes and crib and stuff like that, as one day they can have another baby. 

  How does one start 'holding to things':

 We have a gift box full of baby clothes and blankets that is brand new just for a raining occasion.  When a friend has a baby shower or when we know they are having a baby we are always ready with a baby gift.  Having only the baby outfit is not just enough. we have to have the box to put it in and the paper to put inside of it, and the wrapping paper to make the box beautiful.. oh wait! you cant give it just like that, one needs a special greeting card that lets the person know that you took the time.

  Soon, we started accumulating bags of brand new toys.. When we saw stuff toys on sale we would purchase them.  Seeing a little kid smile when given a stuff toy triggered my compulsion into buying lots and lots of stuff toys.. We now have so many stuff toys that my parents had to put them in plastic boxes and put into the garage as there are was no more space in the storage room... 

Now... The kids are no kids any more they are adults.

  We stop buying baby clothes, blankets, and toys but the boxes and bags are still here.. waiting for that one day to be given... but why can we donate them? I always wait and think there is someone we can give this items too or we can sale them online.

I buy things on-sale and I think that "I can sell them online" but I never do and I never give them as presents...  Things break in the storage room waiting for a what if!! but what if never comes....

If I hold to things from the past...
I keep movie tickets of when I went someplace with a friend or a family member or a love one.. I tried trashing them but I haven't been able to trash them all.  How can I give/sell/trash bigger things if I cant do it with tickets.