We Americans love junk. Admit it. Somewhere in your home, boxes reside, untouched, (but you know what is in them!) waiting for the next move..My friend, Isabel spent her childhood making excuses as to why friends could not visit. In 10th grade I finally got a peek inside her house-three bedrooms filled to the top with newspapers. The kids in the family slept on the couches. What possessed her mom?
On a smaller scale, we Americans just like junk. No one can accuse us of being "poor savers"-we save all the time-we love to save. We are probably the only country in the world where people rent spaces to put their junk. What is in those boxes in storage and if we aren't using the stuff-why save it?
My all time favorite junk savers are the PODS-
not only can we save junk-we can park it in the front of our house and show the neighbors how prosperous we are-so prosperous we have to store our stuff in a little mini house..
Pondering our propensity for junk I started to ask myself these questions:
1. Do I need more than one of something? Do I need two blenders, or two potato mashers? (What, I am going to have a party and invite everyone to mash..?)2. When was the last time I used it?
3. I am saving this for......
4. What is the worst that can happen if I throw this away? (well, if it is my tax returns..)
5. Why not use the free stuff websites to get rid of it?-one person's junk is another's gold.
6. And last-what is my freaking problem?? Throw it away-donate it-sell it-let it go!!
