Last night and late morning I was cleaning up my room (as I was watching Singles, I love that movie.) and I realized that I've kept a bunch of crap. Now, I'm talking stuff that is from middle school and even grade school. Keeping this stuff isn't bad, but I kept some of the most random stuff like a report I wrote about Stigmata. Why? - honestly I have not a clue.
Half of this stuff I didn't even know I still had, like the paper along with some other things. However, I knew I had Valentines from grade school from people who probably don't even remember me, Christmas cards from those same people, and Holy Communion cards from family I haven't seen since I was in the 2nd grade when I received my First Holy Communion. So most of those I threw away. It's not like I was attached the them. I used to think I was, now I realize that they're pointless and I don't want to drag them to college with me.
This all made me question, why do people keep the stuff they keep? These things aren't going to get you anywhere in life, so why do you need them? I understand it's nice to have a note that a friend passed you in Spanish class, but does it really mean that much to you? I think people hold on to things so they can hold on to the memories. The memory isn't that little piece of paper, the memory is the experience.
There's so many things that I remember from grade school that I didn't keep. Some of my favorite memories are just that memories, not a picture or a piece of crumbled up paper. Like just today I remembered how me and my best friend in grade school and middle school used to play with our lip glosses.
Sigh, but for some reason I feel bad for throwing some of the stuff away. But then I think most of the stuff was in my memory box that I haven't opened since my family and I moved to Northampton nearly five years ago. So why should I feel bad. Life will go on as always. Ha, just with less stuff.
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