How many bags is your life?

[samh004]

My life would fit in 3 or 4 large suitcases I’m pretty sure. And it’d be mostly clothes.

 

[Ewing]

Most of what I use on a regular basis can fit in two checked bags, plus one car load for things that I can't or don't want to check on a plane (like my cat, or digital piano). That assumes that I'm renting a furnished place (like I am now).

The rest (like furniture, and my household appliances), well, that's still in my Canberra house

 

[Bundy Bear]

When I brought my current place in mid 2008, I owned 4 pieces of furniture.

Queen size bed, a chest of draws, a futon(sofa bed) and a work desk, plus a Dick Smith CRT TV and a Sony clock radio, I got to have something to wake me up in the morning.

My clothes would have fitted in 2 checked suitcases, and I had one of those big soft sided bags for towels and bed linen.

Laptop, camera, Ipad, would fit in as carrier on luggage.

Probably the heaviest thing owned is a book case of books.

In 4 years I added a grand father clock, 2 book cases, an LCD TV with a stand,

Earlier this year my brother moved out and brought his own place, then the stuff really increased.

A kitchen table, chairs, fridge, microwave, washing machine, another queen size bed plus all the left over kitchen utensils.

I then helped my aunty move house just recently, everything fitted into a 20 foot container self storage pod, but there were still 73 cardboard boxes of stuff plus all the furniture.

I guess I have a good relationship with my storage facility managers... er, parents

That almost asks another question, how long do you leave stuff at your parents place before they throw it away or collect it.

 

[Mal]

When I lived in London for a year, I took over two checked bags and a backpack- total weight somewhere around 60Kg. Moved back with a little bit more.

Have a storage shed where my junk lives.

Don't get tied up over taking everything. > 50% of stuff people move with is junk.

 

[whatmeworry]

When you have no status and you are limited to the set amount you can drag along, you find you can throw out a number of things and that brings a certain freedom that brings about the realisation that you can live without less junk in your life. When you reach that moment, it is a zen like moment with the realisation it is more about living in moment then the accumulation of superfluous processions.

 

[munitalP]

My life can easily fit into a small roll on, 2 cat cages and a padded box. The rest ( 2 30' containers ) is material and can be replaced.

Contents of my roll on? Unlike Ryan Bingham, I value my photos so it would include my photo drives, wedding album, the urn of my beloved dogs ashes, and some small heritage hand me downs, a couple of bottles of Grange, and if room, some sox and undies

As Ozmille mentioned, sell up and buy new, I have pretty much done that in 2002, even still, we had 12 or so packing boxes of stuff we didn't wnt to sell

 

[ozmille]

That almost asks another question, how long do you leave stuff at your parents place before they throw it away or collect it.

I think there are still boxes at my parents place from when I went to uni some 10 years ago :shock: every year they make a comment about my stuff in that room and I always say I'll look at it next time I visit

 

[penegal]

That almost asks another question, how long do you leave stuff at your parents place before they throw it away or collect it.

I think there are still boxes at my parents place from when I went to uni some 10 years ago :shock: every year they make a comment about my stuff in that room and I always say I'll look at it next time I visit

That is why you visit every now and then to "renew" the lease contract.

As cove suggested elsewhere, get them onto some simple FF tricks and they will love you for at least another 6 months.

 

[ozmille]

As cove suggested elsewhere, get them onto some simple FF tricks and they will love you for at least another 6 months.

They asked me once what that QF BRONZE line was on their boarding pass for their annual trip down under, just said don't worry about it whilst family transferring their points (they are happy they can stay with us here every year so I think it evens out )

 

[Mr Somerset]

In 1994 I could (and did) fit my life into a Nissan Sunny. In 2002, when I moved from the UK to Australia, it had grown to 40 boxes. We had a clearout at home a few weeks ago, and gave most of our stuff to lifeline etc, and now I reckon we could fit into 10 boxes...

 

[docjames]

Two shipping containers. Chockers.

Edit: Plus two cars. And a dog. And 4 suitcases worth of mrsdocs clothes.

 

[AaronBradford]

I live in a small studio apartment and don't use my parents as a storage facility, so I don't have much baggage. My biggest liability would be my books, but if I was moving overseas I'd be able to do it with carry-on and a checked bag of around 20-25kg. All furniture and most books would be sold or disposed.

 

[penegal]

...My biggest liability would be my books, but if I was moving overseas I'd be able to do it with carry-on and a checked bag of around 20-25kg. All furniture and most books would be sold or disposed.

I also have a lot of books.

Books are interesting because we buy them to "own" them, but usually only read them once or twice (or sometimes never!)

 

[drewbles]

perhaps sub-consciously inspired by this thread, I went through my wardrobe last night and made up 5 garbage bags of clothes to donate to charity.

'what's in your backpack?' - not nearly as much as this time yesterday (and the purge will continue...)

 

[Bundy Bear]

That almost asks another question, how long do you leave stuff at your parents place before they throw it away or collect it.

I was chatting to an AFFer who was traveling recently, asked them where they were flying to, I think it was to see their parents, and tidy their room, they moved out 23 years ago.

That reminded me of this thread, can anyone beat 23 years.:shock:

 

[oz_mark]

I was chatting to an AFFer who was traveling recently, asked them where they were flying to, I think it was to see their parents, and tidy their room, they moved out 23 years ago.

That reminded me of this thread, can anyone beat 23 years.:shock:

Maybe! I have a wardrobe full of stuff that despite me saying to just throw it out (I haven't missed it for 25 years, can't imagine I need it), I have to go through it all sometime. I think it will be me just throwing it all out!

(When I moved to Melbourne, all the stuff I took filled a container. Mind you, most of it could just be ditched and bought again, and indeed some has been replaced in the last few years...)

 

[AVC]

Our last move involved two nine tonners, one with a full size tailgate lifter, one four tonner, and six guys. We have some serious furniture. I couldn,t even think how many bags my life would be. I could fill a truck just with my daughter's toys. We have way too many books too. I'm working on eBooking my favorites and ditching the rest. And digitising all my photos. I have boxes of them too.

Wiat till you see our Trip Report for the recent US trip. It was a luggage fest.

 

[Flashback]

anat0l: You have a free call option on a large, secure[-ish], monitored storage facility right where you currently live... They are called parents and will "mind" your stuff forever*.

*Until you achieve black sheep status, and they sell it all

When I brought my current place in mid 2008, I owned 4 pieces of furniture.

Queen size bed, a chest of draws, a futon(sofa bed) and a work desk, plus a Dick Smith CRT TV and a Sony clock radio, I got to have something to wake me up in the morning.

My clothes would have fitted in 2 checked suitcases, and I had one of those big soft sided bags for towels and bed linen.

Laptop, camera, Ipad, would fit in as carrier on luggage.

Probably the heaviest thing owned is a book case of books.

In 4 years I added a grand father clock, 2 book cases, an LCD TV with a stand,

Earlier this year my brother moved out and brought his own place, then the stuff really increased.

A kitchen table, chairs, fridge, microwave, washing machine, another queen size bed plus all the left over kitchen utensils.

I then helped my aunty move house just recently, everything fitted into a 20 foot container self storage pod, but there were still 73 cardboard boxes of stuff plus all the furniture.

That almost asks another question, how long do you leave stuff at your parents place before they throw it away or collect it.

When I moved to London, it was almost a year before they started to reclaim some of the space in their garage. Some family friends were interested in the furniture I had, so I sold that. A few weeks ago I finally got around to selling my car........

When I moved here, I had a carry on roller and a reasonable size (60-70L, can't remember the size) backpack. Haven't really missed any of the things that I didn't move over....... immaterial objects that can easily be re-purchased should the need arise!

 

[N860CR]

I've actually recently moved after 4 years living away. The move was done over about 3 months so I could fit in a lot of the transport with my planned travel. I flew five trips down to Sydney and each time checked in 4 bags/boxes weighing very close to 32kg. So that makes 640kg worth of stuff that flew. I also loaded my car and a ute with furniture and boxes and drove it down... it's quite scary how much stuff one can accumulate over just a few short years. I've sworn i'm never undertaking such a move again.

 

[AVC]

. I've sworn i'm never undertaking such a move again.

Mmmmm, I've heard that before. Actually, I've said it. When we moved into our house I said they would have to carry me out in a box. Then the wife got a great idea. That house was elevated, so the move in involved a forklift, and the move out involved a truck with a crane on the back.

We are renting while we decide on house plans, so there's another move in my future. I can't wait. Single story would be an advantage.