So here are the things I decided were too precious to leave behind.
- All my clothes and towels (makes sense – I use them all)
- All my toiletries and medications (I have a LOT of French medications from when I was sick – but now I have my Canadian drugs and I'm happy)
- All my technology bits and bobs (of course)
- The books I brought with me and my writing stuff (I'm a writer – I need books)
- My tent (likely won't use it, but good to have)
- An outdoor collapsible chair (not necessary, but I have it, so why not – good for impromptu picnicking)
- My rolled up white board (the best way to storyboard writing ideas)
- My duvet, comforter, pillows and things to cover them (if I need to use the tent, I'll need these!)
- A small box of kitchen stuff and my kitchen knives (the knives live in a metal briefcase and a few kitchen things might be useful places)
- My iron (yes, my iron – I never used it the entire time I was in Sauveterre, but then my mother went to such an effort to iron all my shirts while she was visiting that it seemed like a waste not to take the iron along to touch up the shirts when I wore them)
The things I left in Sauveterre were:
- Kitchen hutch (too funky to get rid of if I'm going to settle in Europe)
- Stove (why rebuy it if I might need it?)
- Table, chairs (easy to dispose of if I don't use them later)
- Most of my kitchen (see explanation in #3)
- Mattress (see explanation in #2)
Funny how that little list takes up so much room in my friends' storage space.
But overall, not bad eh?
Someday Lessons:
- Precious doesn't necessarily mean useful or strong memories. It can occasionally be more random.
- If you were to reduce the things you own to a list, how long would it be?