Getting All Sentimental

Spent the better part of the day trying to get crap together for a garage sale. Mostly I mean cleaning. With that said I have a few thoughts about this. The time an effort it takes to get things ready is not worth it. If we make $100 or $200 I'd be not only surprised but happy. The large majority of what we are "selling" will end up getting tossed. It seems to me it would be easier to just do this. I hate that I buy stuff right now.

Now through this process I have taken some time to reflect on things. Okay I thought about this and figured why not blog it. The set up is the differences between my girlfriend and myself. The difference in sex, life experience and age I think contribute to the difference of mentality. As we are going through things she examines each written piece of paper to determine its sentimental value. Where I would throw things out she would keep.

Now maybe I can attribute this to age. I am an old grump and have no use for sentimental things. Maybe I don't relate because my life experiences have been different. Maybe her's will change as she ages as well. Maybe the sentimental things she keeps from family and friends will shift to her own immediate family, husband and kids. When that happens does all the old family and friends stuff get tossed? Its value has now fallen and one last go through will be enough (obviously b/c in another 5 years, this will be the next time she goes through this stuff again). Maybe its just the difference between the sexes.

Not really sure where the answers lie but definitely through my life time I have rid my self of many sentimental things. I have a very limited pile of sentimental things and even that I think of getting rid of. I prefer to use my memory and if its not important enough to remember than I guess it wasn't all that sentimental. The funny thing is getting older will deplete this memory and by the end I'll have nothing left. That actually doesn't sound all that bad.