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When More Is Not the Best Option for You

Do I really need the shiny object?

Roger Skibowski
4 min readJul 10, 2021
Photo by SCREEN POST on Unsplash

I recently thought about the future, after I had died.

What would someone else do with our stuff being tasked with dispersing our stuff and things?

Who would they give this and that to if we had not left specific instructions?

We have a will with specific instructions for who gets what and who does not get stuff. We designate large items to specific people.

But what about all that other stuff?

We have sorted through the vast amounts of stuff into categories. keep-it, maybe-keep, and pass-it-on.

The pass-on category is my focus for now. Going through the stuff that has been around for some time. Do we really need it or can we find another home for it? A home that would welcome the item and likely use it more than I have, and need it.

Some of the stuff is now in the hands of the local Mission who supports many of the local street people and those less fortunate. Other items are at the local non-profit that support children. Some items are at our local humane society.

The mission is the recipient of men’s clothing, some saved for years for the event. I had…

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