Too much stuff!

Mostly books. One would think, for someone who has a tendency to relocate every two to three years I would have managed to keep my material consumption in check. But over the last two years, I seem to have accumulated more things than I thought. Moving from one apartment to the other on island it didn't seem like much. My stuff barely filled the back of an SUV. But packed these boxes now to ship. It seems so daunting.

I moved out here with two suitcases, a carry on and three shipped boxes.

I've mailed at least six boxes home already. And I have another five ready to go in the mail tomorrow. And it's mostly books.

When did I accumulate all of this stuff?

It wouldn't seem quite so bad if the move didn't involve flying over an ocean. I do recall packing up my office and my apartment in New Jersey was a bit of a pain. That move also involved furniture. But I had the luxury of loading all of those boxes into a van and a car. Here...here I have to ship everything.

The funny thing is, were you to see what I have, it really doesn't look like much. I don't own that much stuff. I'm pretty damn frugal when it comes to possessions. I even have fewer pairs of shoes than Ross does.

But it's still a lot.