i just can't extract the digit.

i'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to vw stuff (amongst other things) so when it comes time to sell stuff i find so many different reasons not to. actually getting it up and advertised can be really hard. it doesn't help that there are a few things that i regret selling (actually that is bullshit, out of all the stuff i have sold there are only a couple of things i wish i hadn't).

i'm really good at making excuses not to sell stuff even when it is for my own benefit. (how do you spell that?) i have poked about in my shed and dug a few bits and pieces out but keep finding excuses not to photograph them etc. today i had the day off, i did spend a chunk of it doing stuff for my wife which is a valid excuse im my book, but damn what do i have to do to make myself do this. even writing this is probably to get out of actually taking the pictures so i can advertise and hence SELL stuff. i really do get seperation ansiety (again spelling?).

it is not like this stuff really means anything in the grand scheme of the world, it is just crap to suit an outdated car. still it makes me feel good knowing that it is stashed away. i don't know why though, i have far more of some stuff (quite a lot of stuff actually) than i am ever likely to use, but still i keep "what if-ing" myself or just plain putting it off.

if anyone (a) reads this, and (b) has this same problem with collecting/not parting with crap, please tell me so i don't feel quite so insane.

i think i also need a better way to sort out and store my stuff so i know which is my "personal use" pile and what is just for the sake of having. i do try and make sure i have gone through all of a group of stuff if i'm likely to want it in the future so i make sure i keep the best of each thing for mself, the problem being that sometimes when i have packed up at a later time i just chuck it all back in together. in some cases the difference between the parts that i want to keep and the rest is very minimal or not apparent until you look really closely/pull it apart. wow another excuse for not putting it up for sale right now.

i should add that this does ebb and flow with my mood/life as sometimes it is so easy to do, then there are times like this.

right, time to go out to the shed. i think i will ban myself from the 'net until i have the pictures taken and resized for 15 things i want to sell.