It's springtime and there's no shortage of articles on how to de-clutter your home. I'm particularly intrigued with the Swedish Death Cleanse, though perhaps just a tad too young for it (that makes one thing). The idea is based on the fact that this generation of off-spring don't want our old stuff. My guess is that's thanks to IKEA and other low-cost retailers who make it possible to afford new things, even if they won't last forever. I'm sure that suits our millennial and GenZ progeny just fine. This is somewhat unimaginable to me. For example, I bought my first car from my dad for $1,000 It was a whale of a car, an eight-year-old Chevy Impala. My son just bought his first car using $1,000 his grandmother left him. And, while used, it's much newer and even has remote start (which neither of my cars has, by the way). Soon, he'll be moving out. Being somewhat miserly he might buck the trend of his generation and be willing to take old furniture and dishes. Of course, in my eyes, this stuff is all great, if not a little time-worn, because I picked it out. I suppose he is grinning and bearing it just as I did with my first apartment. It had the mandatory college footlocker turned into a piece of furniture, a cinderblock/brick bookcase, a mattress and box spring on the floor, my late great aunt's chair and floor lamp, and every manner of secondhand, repainted furniture from years gone by I could score for $10 or less. But if the Swedish Death Cleanse premise is right, I feel a little sad. First of all, what a waste all this disposable stuff is. A waste of money and earthly resources. And our children will never truly know the joy of buying their first real furniture after living with someone else's chintz-covered hand-me-downs. Oh well, I guess we should just call it progress. I just hope when my old furniture moves out with my son I don't see it moving back in. I may just have to feign death.
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Lisa Cunningham
5/7/2018 10:54:02 am
Jack can’t wait to get my “ old” stuff!
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