Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
When we moved away from London we had to move into a rented house for a few months as our house purchase fell through at the last minute. Almost everything we owned went into storage. It was quite liberating being without possessions. Then we moved into our present house, and all the old gubbins turned up again. Mrs H is one of those ‘just in case…’ types, so we have a loft full of children’s books and toys. I’d have the whole lot taken away tomorrow, but I can see it’ll have to wait until we downsize and don’t have room for it any more.Getting rid of 'stuff' is really really hard. You always feel better when you have done a load - but it is hard mental work deciding if something should stay because 'one day' or 'memories' or 'just in case' or ' maybe when we have grandchildren' or 'wonder if the kids will want it' thoughts.