FRUSTRATION
I've been trying to clean my apartment the whole morning, but I am getting more and more frustrated. The clutter here is unbelivable. I live in my grand-parents old apartment and I still have most of their stuff (they bought it in 1941) packed together with my stuff. I do not have a heart to throw their things away, but since my dad and my aunties are showing no intrest to their heirlooms, I probably have to. I simply can NOT throw away over 400 old books... Anyone interested ??? Old paintings ??? Coffee cups ???
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Old books you can sell wholesale to an antiquarian bookshop - tell them "I have this many books, what''l you give me for them?" In all likelihood you can even talk them into picking them up from you. Old paintings and coffee cups can be sold to a thrift shop. You might not get much for them, but it all adds up, and then you know they're not just being thrown away. Or see if you can find a thrift shop for a charity, and just donate all the stuff you don't want. The Salvation Army at least here will come with a truck and pick everything up, so you might call them and see if they do that in Helsinki.
Oh, I forgot to mention, since you now have 4 weeks of vacation, I'm naturally taking it for granted that 2 of those weeks (at least!) belong to me. I miss you.
The thing is, that Salvation Army is out of the question (personal reasons, you know). And in a way, I'd like to give this stuff to "good homes", it is after all Grandma's and Grandpa's stuff. If some random thrift store gets them, I do not know who buys them. In a way, I think, that all these things belong to THIS apartment and are part of my family's history. I'd really like my siblings, dad and aunties get some of this stuff...
I'm sounding like a total freak now, aren't I ? :)
Not at all. Maybe if you choose the items carefully that you deside to keep, the ones you decide to give to family members, everyone gets a few things, some of the "better" stuff, then you can give the rest away to a thrift shop with a lighter heart. Salvation Army was just an example, non-religiously-affiliated charity stores might also be around in Helsinki; like perhaps one that gives money to nature or something? Talk to me about "my two weeks"
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