#I DONT WANNA BE A HOARDERRRR
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koifrog Ā· 4 months ago
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Iā€™m approaching 27 which means that we are now in this unexpected period of life where we need to replace all of our ā€œgood enough for nowā€ things that we got super cheap (or free from family) when we first started living on our own. I am realizing that it is VERY difficult to get rid of things, not just from an emotional attachment standpoint but also:
ā€œWell it technically DOES still work even if itā€™s unpleasant and falling apartā€ (especially applicable to ugly/uncomfortable furniture)
ā€œWe donā€™t have to get rid of it, we can always repair itā€ (it is literally broken and falling apart)
ā€œWouldnā€™t it be Bad and Consumeristic to just throw something away that isnā€™t actually broken just because I want a new one?ā€ (this one plagues me)
ā€œGetting a New Thing would be way too expensiveā€ (hasnā€™t even checked the price of a replacement, I absolutely can afford it but it would cost more than $50)
Even when Iā€™ve fought through those arguments (which is very hard to do considering these are things I learned while growing up during the 2008 recession and struggling financially due to severe illness and death in the family when I was young) and come out the other side determined to actually replace something, a new issue arises. ā€œHow am I going to get rid of the old thing?ā€
ā€œI canā€™t donate this because itā€™s broken or stainedā€
ā€œI want to sell this but this requires a lot of energy that I donā€™t have (photographing the item, pricing the item, posting an ad for the item, sorting through offers for the item, arranging pickup for the item, possibly even shipping the item)ā€
ā€œI want to throw this away but itā€™s too large to put in the garbage so it must go on the curb and I donā€™t know the protocol for thatā€
ā€œI want to throw this away but itā€™s too large to put in the garbage and too broken to give away so it must go to the dump and I donā€™t have a vehicle I can use to take this there so I will need to reach out to family for helpā€
ā€œI want to throw this away but Iā€™m not sure how to do so in an Environmentally Friendly wayā€
This sort of situation is a nightmare for my mentally ill mind, and it results in me simply giving up and putting up with keeping the shitty item I know I want to replace and repeating the same excuses to myself to justify it enough that I donā€™t break down in frustrated tears every time I look at the thing Iā€™ve been wanting to get rid of for months.
Iā€™m sick of it though. I am tired of having to put up with being stuck with something I donā€™t like just because itā€™s not ā€œbad enoughā€ to justify going through the stress of removing from my life. I am tired of living with these things that I want to get rid of taking up the space I want to give to something new that I do love that I picked out myself on purpose. I am tired of my own happiness not being a good enough reason to justify doing something difficult or inconvenient. I am approaching 30. I donā€™t want to live the next decade of my life like Iā€™ve lived the first two, just dealing with whatā€™s been given to me and not saying no, incapable of removing things I donā€™t like to make space for things I do.
#talk#this started as a vent about my couch and my lawnmower and my deck furniture and my car#ended a lot more metaphorical and emotional than expected#but. yeah.#I want my life to be something I chose on purpose#not just whatever Iā€™ve been given#I think I deserve better than that#but also for real why is it so fucking hard to just throw something away!!!#IMO this is partly an infrastructure issue specifically when it comes to things I donā€™t know HOW to throw away#also there should be more trash categories#Iā€™m sick of things I canā€™t recycle being tossed in a landfill when they could be composted#but I live in a second story apartment so I canā€™t compost it myself#also there are many things that I canā€™t recycle but also SHOULD NOT go in a landfill#thatā€™s one of those things that stresses me out a lot#environmentalism is important to me#wish it was more accessible#ALSO!!!!#what do I do with old potting soil thatā€™s lost nutrients? do I just fertilize the soil in a pot if a plant is doing poorly because itā€™s been#in the same pot for 4 years#??#do I just NOT replace the soil?#I think i do need to replace the soil but what do I do with the old stuff????#again. second story apartment. so I canā€™t just put it in the yard.#also even if I could I donā€™t know if I should!! what if I spread diseases or bacteria or invasive plants!!!#do I toss it in the woods nearby? same issue as before!!!!#do I! once again!! just put up with keeping this old dirt!!!!!!!!!#I donā€™t want to be burdened by a giant tub of old fucking dirt of all things!!!!!!!#WHY IS IT SO HAAAARD#I DONT WANNA BE A HOARDERRRR
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