11-04-2017, 01:44 PM
I've lost pretty much everything more times than I can count. Pop used to do shit like telling us he was gonna go play pool, and we were leaving town when he came home, and whatever we could fit in the car we could keep. No exaggeration. We learned to carefully watch his behavioral "tells" for when he was gearing up to leave, and we would begin packing our most treasured items in small, easy to move boxes and put them in a closet. That way when the day came no matter how much or little warning we had we were ready.
The ultimate effect of this was that 1) stuff is unimportant to me. And becomes less so every year. 2) I can pack my shit and vanish with a speed and efficiency that has stunned more than a few people who were warned and did not take it seriously. 3) I can build a functional and halfway presentable homespace out of practically anything. On very little money.
So, skills I guess.
The ultimate effect of this was that 1) stuff is unimportant to me. And becomes less so every year. 2) I can pack my shit and vanish with a speed and efficiency that has stunned more than a few people who were warned and did not take it seriously. 3) I can build a functional and halfway presentable homespace out of practically anything. On very little money.
So, skills I guess.
Thank god I am oblivious to the opinions of others while caught in the blinding splendor of my own cleverness.