{"id":140934,"date":"2024-01-06T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-was-a-hopeless-hoarder-until-i-was-forced-to-throw-out-50-things-i-own\/"},"modified":"2024-01-06T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:11:10","slug":"i-was-a-hopeless-hoarder-until-i-was-forced-to-throw-out-50-things-i-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-was-a-hopeless-hoarder-until-i-was-forced-to-throw-out-50-things-i-own\/","title":{"rendered":"I was a hopeless hoarder \u2013 until I was forced to throw out 50 things I own"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI can\u2019t get rid of an ancient gig ticket, let alone a useless tea urn or old Cub scout uniform. Will rising to this challenge cleanse my soul \u2013 or cause complex psychological trauma?I\u2019m not saying that hanging on to things is in my genes, but while visiting my parents\u2019 house last summer, I discovered a sachet of powdered beef casserole mix that went out of date in 1992. It had not only survived for a decade beyond its sell-by date in a cupboard in Leicestershire, it had then moved\u00a0house to Shropshire, where it degenerated for a further 20 years. It\u2019s almost certainly still there.I don\u2019t tend to live as if the second world war is still raging, but it\u2019s perhaps inevitable I have grown up as the sort of person who doesn\u2019t throw \u201cthings\u201d away. Museum guides, running medals, posters for gigs in a Leeds pub circa 2001 \u2013 such items, obtained over 43 years, have always been squirrelled away in a storage box somewhere. Almost none are on display \u2013 which, you could argue, makes keeping them all the stranger.1 Guardian promo T-shirts Once worn by my five-a-side team 2 Spare lid I am a person who kept an emergency spare lid 3 Hip flask Posh cracker gift, for when you\u2019re out and need 25ml of spirits 4 Joy Division poster Great band. Great sleeve. Not great art for an adult to have5 Bank statement Will I ever know who stuck \u00a340 in my account in summer 1987? Not now! Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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