These things are an interesting phenomenon of our generation. I want to share a little story about my experience with renting a storage unit. I hope it will give you some food for thought and save you some money in the long run.
When I was single, I was one of the last hangers on. You know, the leftover single who wasn’t married yet. All my friends had married, so I was running out of roommates. About that time, I got a job working in Europe off and on. I put all my stuff in storage (a 10×12 unit) and went gallivanting around the world. I was only going to put my stuff in storage for a few months, but it ended up being almost two years. I was in the States off and on during that time, and I found that the only things I went to the storage unit to get were some important papers occasionally and various books I had stored there. That’s it.
When I got back to having a settled life again (I met my husband while traveling and our engagement is what settled me down again), I had spent more on renting the space than the items inside it were worth. I’ve thought about that a lot over the years. Why in the world did I pay so much money to keep all that hand-me-down furniture when I could have saved the money and had really nice new stuff? Since that episode, I’ve never had the urge to rent storage space again.
NOTE: This is an excerpt from one of my weekly Whole House Support Program emails. Feel free to sign up and get great insights like this every week. Well, OK, I’m not always this insightful, but I always find something new for you to do around the house.
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If you struggle with being able to let go of stuff, it may be because you are right brained and have imagined every item you own into your life, making it a part of you. That’s usually the problem. I Want My House Back! offers lots of practical help along those lines. It helps you see the why [you are attached] and the how [to slowly but surely let go]. Read Chapter 2 online.
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