I had the pleasure of volunteering at a charity shop for a day this week and my was it eye opening. I’m not sure if I was really naive before but the amount of ‘stuff’ in just this one shop, although it was quite a large shop, really blew my mind.
The amount that was coming in from the public, and the amount that was no good to sell on, was piled up everywhere. Now I know that it’s good that some of it is getting sold for charity and that some was being recycled, but it’s the amount of stuff that people are accumulating to give away in the first place that horrifies me.
Why do we need to own so much stuff? and I know that I’ve been guilty of this in the past, but how do we get the message out that you really don’t need to keep accumulating and accumulating until there’s hardly any room left on this planet?
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I agree re stuff, it clutters our bodies, space, mind and finances!
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Hi there-One thing I got told, is to donate even your old, torn rough stuff rather than throw it, as the charity shops get something for passing it on too.
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totally understand, helped out at a gargage (whoops) boot sale last year and I was amazed at the sheer amount of stuff there, all of it purchased with ones life energy (a shit job you hate) only to be discarded latter.
More recently I helped out at the local charity shop/food bank to sort out the free clothes and I literally threw out 10 large garbage bags of suits. All this in one small room, it was a packrats dream. One hanger had 10 pairs of dress pants neatly hung. All went out.
Again just tons of stuff that we buy and then latter never use.
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hi I used to help out in a charity shop years ago
i loved it
i still go to charity shops all the time for books etc
they are getting so fashionable now and i have noticed the price hike in their shops
try to live cheaper and still even in charity shops things double in price
cashing in on the credit crunch
andrea
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