Being a Minimalist!

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Hoarders!
A fascinating TV series about the impact and control an item can have over a person. All though I´ve never been anywhere near that kind of OCD behaviour, these couple of weeks has raised a major question: Where the heck does all this stuff come from?
Have I really been a part of this?

A group assignment from high school?! Really?! And we didn't even do a good job! Birthday and Christmas cards from when Ronald Reagan was president! I know how old I am. This bottle of moonshine's been stored for 32 years and I don't need a hundred plus bouquet holding teddy bears and golden retrievers with pitiful eyes to remind me. When and where would I ever be in use of that? Still, there it is, hidden away at the bottom of a box in the basement, together with other memorabilia's I, back then, thought would give me great joy in the future.

When did we become like this?
Was it our grandparents who passed on the legacy of never to waste anything due to the hardships that was brought on by the world wars? Or can it be traced even further back - to the Neolithic revolution?
An era when hunter-gatherers realised the value of a small seed, ended their nomadic lifestyle and became settlers with the new premise to start collecting like never before.
Or is it maybe our individualism that´s awoken an urge to place sentimental values on EVERYTHING? On our own, with families scattered all over the globe - do we hoard to never forget?

With a little more than two weeks to go, my apartment is starting to shed its Narnia fur coat. That warm feeling of a safe and homely space is fading away along with the boxes that are leaving it one after another.
It's become an echoing container, where I´m being stored for the time being. And you know what? It doesn't bother me. It has actually given me a thrilling high getting rid of my worldly possessions. An emperor with a valuing thumb.

"The things you own end up owning you!"

Thank you Mr Durden and hand me that bar of soap to clean myself free!
But to be fair... the airline company did say I can bring a total of 50 kg (110 lbs.) of my life and that´s basically just some clothes and a pair of shoes (such a major lie)...
Ok, but if it fits in the suitcase, it´s coming with me, nothing more, nothing less... and that´s that!

Oh, no... my TV! My precious, smart, 3D compatible piece of crystal clear imaging?
I will NOT leave you behind! I can ship!
And my eraser collection that I´m gonna turn into a museum when I´ve retired at 113?!!!
What about my addiction to horror movies and my gaming nights where I kick everyone's asses in Tekken? Over? Just like that? Oh, hell no... my PlayStation is coming too!

I feel I´m being owned by the minute here... Let´s face it... I´m never gonna be a reincarnation of Siddhartha, but that´s ok too. I like stuff, stuff is fun! Plus, my dad will help me... I like him too!
He´s the one who will travel 80 mil (500 miles) just to come and pick everything up and then send it over to me.

But I've gotten rid of a lot of useless, space taking, mind consuming crap too, believe me - donated, sold and thrown away! What I´m left with now is as much stuff as I started with 11 years ago when I moved from the north down to the big capital that was Stockholm to make my dreams come true.
Fitting once life possessions into the back of a car maybe is being a minimalist after all? A minimalistic materialist!
 


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