75 Boxes of Dread
Our shipment of goods is supposed to arrive today at 10 am. It's currently 7:47 am. I'm taking the day off to unpack/setup but I've definitely got issues with the shipment.
We've been waiting anxiously for the shipment the last seven weeks. There are a number of items that we want to have and don't want to buy since it's coming in the shipment. Overall, though, we've got most of everything we need already here. Sure, there are some items like the couch, kitchen equipment, bed, etc., but those only take up a few boxes.
What on earth is in the other... 57 boxes? For the life of me, I can't remember and I can't find 57 holes in my life that need to be filled. I mean, where is all that stuff going to go and why did we pack it in the first place?
Essen and I went through a big purge when we packed up for China and now I think we're going to go through a big purge when we unpack in Beijing. I just can't understand how I managed to accumulate so many things in such a limited time while living a 900 square foot apartment. And these are the things we felt we _had_ to ship!
What's on the discard list? For starters, I will probably lose over 90% of my wardrobe. I've been coasting for a long time and I'm overdue for an overhaul as it is. I'd already dumped 1/3 of it in Austin and the prospect of dumping most of the rest is... well... quite freeing. I'm sure there are lots of other knick-knacks and junk we packed in case we needed it. I hope we can pare down to ... maybe 30 boxes of stuff but you never know.
We've been waiting anxiously for the shipment the last seven weeks. There are a number of items that we want to have and don't want to buy since it's coming in the shipment. Overall, though, we've got most of everything we need already here. Sure, there are some items like the couch, kitchen equipment, bed, etc., but those only take up a few boxes.
What on earth is in the other... 57 boxes? For the life of me, I can't remember and I can't find 57 holes in my life that need to be filled. I mean, where is all that stuff going to go and why did we pack it in the first place?
Essen and I went through a big purge when we packed up for China and now I think we're going to go through a big purge when we unpack in Beijing. I just can't understand how I managed to accumulate so many things in such a limited time while living a 900 square foot apartment. And these are the things we felt we _had_ to ship!
What's on the discard list? For starters, I will probably lose over 90% of my wardrobe. I've been coasting for a long time and I'm overdue for an overhaul as it is. I'd already dumped 1/3 of it in Austin and the prospect of dumping most of the rest is... well... quite freeing. I'm sure there are lots of other knick-knacks and junk we packed in case we needed it. I hope we can pare down to ... maybe 30 boxes of stuff but you never know.
posted by agoel at
6:45 PM
2 Comments:
quite freeing? I really hope you don't mean that you are gonna get rid of all your underwear ;)
I wonder if they make any of those pants w/ the split open butt for adults!
I'll keep this in mind as we struggle to fit our life into a few pieces of luggage. I also thought this was extremely liberating as I made my first admirably-small wardrobe pile. Then my little stack nearly filled a 30-inch suitcase! I haven't had the motivation to pack a single thing since!
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