Spring cleaning season is coming up, so here’s a question: Could you get rid of a THIRD of your stuff and not know the difference?
The average person 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.”
The poll also asked people to name the WEIRDEST stuff they collect. Answers included 200 oil-burning lamps, 300 coasters from breweries, lots of vintage handkerchiefs, porcelain pigs, clowns, and one person said FINGERNAIL CLIPPINGS. (???)
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.
Just a reminder that if you have items that can be recycled or reused, we have many organizations and groups that will take your previously loved goods. So swing by Carmichael Outreach, Indigenous Christian Fellowship, Newo Yotina Friendship Centre, Sofia House, the Log Cabin on Dewdney, The YWCA (they have a shop where they sell the items and the proceeds are used to help women fleeing domestic violence),
