Do Americans Have Too Much Worthless Junk In The House?
Here’s an assignment that most of us need to perform and the sooner the better. This Spring we all need to consider a massive removal of all of the useless…
Here's an assignment that most of us need to perform and the sooner the better. This Spring we all need to consider a massive removal of all of the useless and mostly worthless junk in our house. It's become an epidemic of hoarding on a colossal scale and it's getting out of control.
If you own a basement and are like the average American you probably are storing stuff that no longer is necessary or doesn’t work. For instance in my basement I have so much electronics that are no longer relevant or for that matter working. Who needs a double cassette player these days, or 3 VCR players, 2 DVD players ands at least 3 CD players.
Of course that’s not to mention 3 flat screen televisions and one old school tv with a built in DVD player that comes with a cigarette lighter plug that can be used for long rides in the old family minivan.
We have too much junk!
These days most of us don’t have access to a proper junkyard where we could just load up the truck and get rid of all of this stuff that we don’t need or doesn’t work. So what to do? I know for instance that in my family we love to sell stuff on Facebook marketplace. we have sold so many different items through this venue that before we decide to throw anything out, we see if it is something that could be sold and make a little bit of spending money for us.
If you have stuff, you want to get rid of, you might consider trying to sell it on a online marketplace, we have sold everything from old lawn chairs to lamps, and even posters and paintings we thought were useless. As the adage says, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
The average American says 34% of the junk they own is stuff they don't really need, or rarely use. But it depends on how you define the word "use."
21% of it is stuff we don't want but haven't gotten rid of yet . . . 10% is other people's stuff we somehow ended up with . . . and 13% is "pure junk."
But 27% is stuff we're hanging onto for sentimental reasons. And 29% of it is collectibles or other items that "spark joy." So that's not really "junk."
20% of us currently have a storage unit to hold our junk, and 10% are still keeping some of it at their parents' place. The average person said they'd pay $1,300 to have all their unwanted junk magically disappear.
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