This last week we have been cleaning out the basement in preparation of the possibility that we may be moving. As we went through the large piles of what now seems like trash it is hard to believe that I once thought that stuff was important. I wonder why I did not throw them out six years ago when I first brought those papers home instead of piling them onto a shelf. It may have something to do with the fact that I thought that I may use those things again. Why did I think that? I barely even study for tests. Why would I reference old papers for answers?

Sometimes I was wondering why I even bought or took those things that have been collecting dust. I must have been thinking that they may be of some use to me, but they were not. Perhaps I thought they may be of some use in the future like I could sell them for more money than I payed for them, but those things collected dust and are now dirty or were destroyed. They do me no good now.

My mother collects things for this very reason. She collects anything that says "collectable" on it. She does not put them into a safety deposit box but rather she puts them on display were flying reindeer, grimy hands that are supposed to be in bed, and dog urine destroy them. She gets mad and wonders why she does not have any money. The truth of the matter is that all her money is tied up in those stupid baskets that I mentioned on the fourth. Why does she buy these expense things and then put them out in such perilous situations? She does not need things, they only collect dust, and they aren't worth anything by the time she is ready to part with them because they are destroyed or the trend has passed so nobody wants to buy them.

Well before you buy anything make sure that it will be of some use to you, and if you are buying them for monetary value them put them somewhere where they will not be destroyed or damaged because otherwise you have wasted your money.


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