Since I started to actively seek out jobs and internships in the hopes of moving to San Francisco I’ve had to think about what the move would entail. I’ve thought about my room, and everything in it, and wonder “would I really take all of this?”
That is when it dawned on me, most of what I have I keep around for nostalgic purposes and nothing more. There isn’t anything wrong with that, but in the grand scheme of things..would I actually take those things with me?
I think about all of my old school consoles and games I still own. The ones that are sitting in the boxes in the attic or in my room, never getting played. The box full of TY Beanie Babies that has been up in the attic for years now. Why do I hold on to these things? I don’t really see myself as a collector, I hate having something that I don’t use, but then why do I keep these things around? Nostalgia. I think about all the things associated with these objects and I just don’t want to let go.
I think about the fun times with friends as we played Super Mario RPG on the SNES or the times we played Hey You! Pikachu! on the N64 and cussed at him to see if he would respond to it, most times he did. I think about trips to the BX with my girlfriends on days we were bored on base and how we would head straight to the toy section to see what new Beanie Babies they put up on the shelves. I think about how many hours of pokemon I consumed on my gameboy while traveling to wherever my dad was being stationed at. I even think about how I never got passed the “I just can’t wait to be king” level of the Lion King game on the Sega GameGear.
All of these memories, and more, bring a smile to my face. That is when it dawns on me. I don’t need these things to try and hold on to the memory, it is always with me and so are the names and faces of the people that are in them. So with a heavy heart I realize that a part of me has grown up. I will miss these objects when I sell them, hopefully to good homes, but I know that they will be contributing to new memories as I try to make new dreams come true.
With that said I will be making a very long post soon listing everything I will be selling and I will have it up for about a week before I shift everything over to ebay. So keep an eye out.
This time I will let go of these objects and remember to keep hold of the memories instead.
