You might be scratching your head after reading the title of this blog post. You must be asking yourself why a minimalist blogger would want you to keep some of your sentimental items? I'll explain later... First, here is a list of the sentimental or memorable items that I have decided to keep after paring down my possessions a while ago. Two soccer trophies I won when I was little and a soccer jersey (that is not in the picture). soccer trophies Two signed hockey cards of my favorite hockey player growing up. Antoine Vermette is still my favorite and he is still an active player in the NHL. signed hockey cards A few school photos of myself and a school yearbook. I made sure that I didn't keep too many sentimental items and I also made sure that the ones that I kept didn't take up too much space. I carefully chose these items because I think they sum up my young life pretty well. I believe that it's important to keep a few sentimental or memorable objects around just for the sake of memories even if they don't really serve a purpose. They don't have to be displayed, they can simply be stored away somewhere in your home. …show more content…
My response to them would be that I could get rid of these items if I wanted to, but I keep them around because they have one main purpose. I think that you should also keep a few memorable objects for this following reason: with a small amount of sentimental items, you'll be able to have a more global view of your personal journey through life. These six or seven items that you have kept will be there to give you some perspective when you reflect about life. For instance, if you have to make a big decision, your sentimental items will remind you of your past and show you the bigger picture. Therefore, you'll be able to make a more thoughtful and rational
I have a children's table and chairs set, painting/drawing easels, toys, books, puzzles, play dough, and various garden toys.
belongings that she had her for almost all of her life such as, her swimming hole, the singing tree, and the rest
Out of the millions of things that could describe anyone or anything, my pipe cleaner object shows what makes me unique. The colors in my pipe cleaner symbol are not the most important or symbolic, but definitely mean something. The pink in the heart is a symbol for love, just like the care I have for my best friends and family. I added green because it is my favorite color, and it compliments the pink nicely. The blue and yellow in the sneaker show my “Boston Strong” and my love for running. Finally the red and black in the “Netflix” copy the logo. The symbols represent all the things I care about and what I love in my world. I probably could not live without any of them. Things I have not shown in my object that I still value are my gender
← EDIT FOR THIS TO BE CLEAR “The Things They Carried” presents artifacts and identifies their connotation. For example, a simple pebble picked up by Martha on the Jersey shoreline and sent to Jimmy Cross as a good-luck token became much more significant once in his hands. His interpretation of the gift was that it was a romantic symbol of her truest feelings for him. Alas, O’Brien writes that Martha stated, “It was this separate-but-together quality, she wrote, that had inspired her to pick up the pebble and to carry it in her breast pocket for several days, where it seemed weightless, and then to send it through the mail, by air, as a token of her truest feelings for him”
There are many items that I have in my possession that make me feel accomplished or an item that I use just daily. There is however, some items that have absolutely no idea why I have, and continue to hold on to them. For example, I still have a karate trophy that I really don’t pride, a computer hard drive that should have been thrown away, and some empty boxes of Run Gum. It’s either I don’t want it or I don’t need it, and these three items I really should not have, but will continue to possess.
4. The cat, the jar of apricots, comic books, box lunch, napkins, peanut butter sandwich, an olive, the watermelon, the chair, the basket, the yellow sport shirt with bright
birth certificate, many other important legal documents, and my 3 favorite books. I go to my
People hold on to pieces of jewelry, furniture, and other symbolic collectables that is passed through generations. These things can remind a person of a loved one that is seen as being priceless.
and my mom’s jewelry. They didn’t take nothing from me, and I had a stash of money. When we move at first me and my sister were sad because I was going to
They are my reminder. They keep my history alive. The tradition began when my Great-grandparents came from Ireland and my Great-grandmother saved all of her money working as a seamstress to buy a small set of pearls for herself. She gifted them to my Nana when she was fifteen years old. My Nana always wore her pearls with pride and used them as a reminder that her life wasn’t always as good as it was. She always told us to humble ourselves and never belittle someone, especially based on what they did or did not have.
Do you have an item that you have embraced since young? I am sure we all sure do. Yours could be a fluffy toy animal, a "blankie", or a memorable toy. As for Kathy, this previous possession is none other than her Judy Bridgewater "Songs After Dark" cassette tape. She adores this tape perhaps more than anything else in the entire book, including Tommy (or maybe not).
The first thing you need to do is calculate the value of your belongings. Before you place your belongings in storage, create a detailed inventory of all your belongings. This inventory list should include as much information as possible, such as:
Some respect from my father: When I almost punched him just to see him flinch. Roughly the same amount of respect from my mother: When I said god was not real. Half-a-dozen shoeboxes of assignments from middle and high school: Going away to college mandated throwing them all away. Interest in continuing to ask for, and play Pokémon games: October of 2016. A copy of Shadow of the Colossus for the Playstation 2: Realized
If your the type of person who holds on to things for sentimental reasons or because you may need an item sometime in the future self-storage is a great option. Traditionally we were taught to hang onto everything by our parents and grandparents as they lived in times when things were tough and resources were scarce. Today, however, with the rapid turnover of technology and electronic devices many of this items accumulate in the home unnecessarily. Many people use self-storage to store these extra items so they can collect items without the hassles at home.
Everyone has something special that they cherish, whether it came from a loved one or a loving memory. Something that I treasure the most is a picture of me and my friends in an eighth grade event taken in a photo booth. I would say that this object would be in the class of a souvenir. It came into my possession during the winter ball from the man who ran the photo booth. Under the circumstances of an eighth grade activity/trip.