Materialism, or I don't want to grow up.
Nov. 4th, 2009 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Someone just asked on a forum I frequent if anyone had any old trading cards they didn't want.
I do. I found them ages ago. I was quite into the franchise of which the cards were part of, and had all sorts of related tat. I found an incomplete set in a charity shop, so snapped them up. But I never new anyone else who was into them. And didn't have a display shrine or anything. So they just sit in a bag. Taking up space I don't really have spare.
I quite like owning them. But they serve no real purpose. Unlike a book, I'm not keeping it with the thought I'll re-use them some day. Unlike art, I'm not really going to get pleasure from looking at them, or displaying them.
So I'll give them up to someone else who wants them. But it feels like a scarily grown up decision. I can't be more than 5 years since I saw them and thought "nifty, want".
I do. I found them ages ago. I was quite into the franchise of which the cards were part of, and had all sorts of related tat. I found an incomplete set in a charity shop, so snapped them up. But I never new anyone else who was into them. And didn't have a display shrine or anything. So they just sit in a bag. Taking up space I don't really have spare.
I quite like owning them. But they serve no real purpose. Unlike a book, I'm not keeping it with the thought I'll re-use them some day. Unlike art, I'm not really going to get pleasure from looking at them, or displaying them.
So I'll give them up to someone else who wants them. But it feels like a scarily grown up decision. I can't be more than 5 years since I saw them and thought "nifty, want".
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Date: 2009-11-04 05:58 pm (UTC)Not buying videogames means I've revisited a couple recently and I've got a few more I want to go back to. Now I have the time and lack of new games it's the perfect opportunity. (actually re-finished one today to get a couple of Xbox achievments I wanted from it).
I still have too many books on my 'to be read' pile. I keep buying them piss cheap from charity shops plus there's a bunch I got free and a bunch that were Xmas and birthday presents. I'd be working through them better if I still had the two hours a day reading on my commute!
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Date: 2009-11-04 10:39 pm (UTC)But mind you, I am a third culture kid and am so used to moving regularly that I automatically get into 'must throw out/get rid of/donate stuff' mode and pare down my stuff.
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Date: 2009-11-05 10:21 am (UTC)The main problem I have is with presents. If someone's given me a toy/gadget that I know would be amusing if I was to use it on a rainy Sunday, I'm loath to give it away, even if I haven't had a rainy Sunday in a few years.
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Date: 2009-11-05 10:31 am (UTC)I'm in charge of Kids Stream at Eastercon this year again, and am massively behind in planning. Or loan it out to the gopher hole, rather than a jigsaw. I can see the potential certainly.
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