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cdaveBit late for a What I Did At The Weekend (Went to Caption (Oxford small press comics convention) on Saturday, and down south to visit parental units on the Sunday) post, but one of the things I did was clear some of my junk out of a parental loft.
[Poll #1446736]
I found that I had 3 cardboard boxes of "school stuff" and 2 plastic crates of "University stuff". I didn't have much time to go through it, but managed to sling a few bits (such as all my sixth form era invites to University open days). While I do like the odd doodle in the margin, and in joke scrawled on the cover of a notebook, I'm really not sure I need to keep quite this volume of stuff.
Given that I haven't looked at it in years, and am unlikely to do so in the near future, I probably should just sling most of it. But it's so final. This stuff, as useless as it is, is literally irreplaceable. I managed to avoid picking up a "bargin" in IKEA the other day on the basis that I'd rather pay full price when I need it, than hang onto something that just takes up space. But this stuff is my own hand.
[Poll #1446736]
I found that I had 3 cardboard boxes of "school stuff" and 2 plastic crates of "University stuff". I didn't have much time to go through it, but managed to sling a few bits (such as all my sixth form era invites to University open days). While I do like the odd doodle in the margin, and in joke scrawled on the cover of a notebook, I'm really not sure I need to keep quite this volume of stuff.
Given that I haven't looked at it in years, and am unlikely to do so in the near future, I probably should just sling most of it. But it's so final. This stuff, as useless as it is, is literally irreplaceable. I managed to avoid picking up a "bargin" in IKEA the other day on the basis that I'd rather pay full price when I need it, than hang onto something that just takes up space. But this stuff is my own hand.
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Date: 2009-08-21 10:14 am (UTC)I could never afford that in London. So it comes down to how much it's worth it. I'm no longer buying bargains, and storing in case of need. I'd rather pay full price when I do need something.
Plus having a brief flick through it, I'm fairly sure I feel no strong emotional connection to the old dry notes (silly stuff aside), and can't really imagine I'll ever want to do an analysis of what I wrote compared to the Youth of today.
That said, if I had the space, I would hang on to it.
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Date: 2009-08-21 10:33 am (UTC)I have a 3 bed house in London with an extended garage and conservatory, plus four storage units ... I can't afford that either! So I am decluttering.
Stuff will be available on LJ-Cycle soon!
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Date: 2009-08-21 11:24 am (UTC)Yes you could. You just don't like the area it'd be in!
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Date: 2009-08-21 11:28 am (UTC)Hmm.