Decluttering 2023

[ray1970]

Long story short, dealing with my father?s estate and all of the stuff he accumulated over his lifetime has really got me reevaluating my situation and my stuff.

I will be bringing back most of his firearms from Texas after the holidays and will likely be going through some of mine and probably selling them off.

When I start posting them, do you guys think I should post each one individually or should I just make one post with everything in it?

[Tim K]

I’d say multiple entries. Then we can close the threads when they sell. Might be less cluttered.

Or maybe I’m full of BS.

[ray1970]

I see where a single item per listing makes sense. Easier to click and look at an ad for one thing, can close it when that one item sells as you mentioned, etc.

I guess making individual listings isn?t any more time consuming for me than making one big, long listing with everything in it.

Also, a bulk listing would just have a generic description in the title and someone would have to click it and scroll through everything to see what I was selling. A single listing would have that particular item description in the title so people could see the title and decide if it?s something they are interested in without having to open it.

[eddiememphis]

That's too bad about your father.

I know what you are saying about the things accumulated over a lifetime. It makes it very difficult to go through his things. I still have a few boxes of my dad's stuff that I need to get rid of and he died in 2016.

He was far from a packrat so the things he had were things he liked. I look at them and get to wondering where he was when he bought it- where he was physically and what he was thinking when he bought it.

That melancholic road tends to be slow and meandering. I should have called someone to haul it all away and been done with it.

But then I wouldn't find cool shit like this...

[Martinjmpr]

I’d say multiple entries. Then we can close the threads when they sell. Might be less cluttered.

I agree with this method.

Funny, I am in the same boat.

[Hummer]

That's too bad about your father.

I know what you are saying about the things accumulated over a lifetime. It makes it very difficult to go through his things. I still have a few boxes of my dad's stuff that I need to get rid of and he died in 2016.

He was far from a packrat so the things he had were things he liked. I look at them and get to wondering where he was when he bought it- where he was physically and what he was thinking when he bought it.

That melancholic road tends to be slow and meandering. I should have called someone to haul it all away and been done with it.

But then I wouldn't find cool shit like this...

That is a beauty! I like lizards both artsy and real.

Things accumulated over a lifetime? Geez! When my girlfriend moved from my mountain home to take a job in GJ, it took me 1 1/2 years to purge the generations of stuff left behind by my grandparents, their seven children and my parents. My own stuff too. Eventually, I mostly emptied or moved stuff out and prepared the home to rent. Then we married, bought a farm in Palisade and began a new life, sans the generations of baggage (except stuff from her parents).

I'm not a hoarder but I am a saver with a hardware store worth of stuff that comes in handy, saves time, money and trips to town. Now I'm working steadily to purge the excess and unused stuff, organize the remaining and simplify my life.

[eddiememphis]

That is a beauty! I like lizards both artsy and real.

I'm not a hoarder but I am a saver with a hardware store worth of stuff that comes in handy, saves time, money and trips to town.

It is a cool lizard, about 6 inches long. Dad loved southwest "stuff".


I have the same problem about saving things. I know I'll need it... someday. It was much worse when I had a garage and was always working on things and fabricating items.

I just recently tossed out about 40 pounds of metallic things.

We called it the magic box.

Whenever you needed something to complete a project, you kinda shifted some crap around, never making direct eye contact with the box, and what you needed would eventually surface.

[BushMasterBoy]

Let this graph be your guide.

[ray1970]

I?m fortunate that I don?t tie physical things to the people that owned them. At least for the most part. I took two keepsakes when my dad passed and I can easily fit both of them in my front pocket.

There are things that I hate to see go but honestly I just don?t have space or a use for them.

He had a metal tool chest that he used during his 40+ year career at the oil refinery. It has my last name stenciled on top and it?s a cool piece with a lot of character but if I took it I know it would just get buried in my garage until I die. Someone outside the family thought it was cool so I let them have it.

He also has my grandfathers old radial arm saw. This thing was built when tools were meant to last a lifetime and I?d love to have it but it?s a beast and I definitely don?t have the space.

Anyways, I?m sure anything of value will get sold during the estate sale and most of the rest will be donated, recycled, or trashed.

Have to sell three Harleys and a 1934 Ford coupe and then the house can go on the market.

On a related note, if anyone is looking to move to southeast Texas I have a house for you.

[eddiememphis]

Have to sell three Harleys and a 1934 Ford coupe and then the house can go on the market.

On a related note, if anyone is looking to move to southeast Texas I have a house for you.

Is the '34 original or a hot rod?

Where is the house?

For some reason, homes in Victoria have been popping up on my Redfin feed for a few years now.

Nice homes, big lots and high property tax.