What’s something you can’t let go?
How do you feel about the things that belong to you? This video got me thinking about my attachments to some of my own things…
I’m a bit frugal, don’t need a whole lot to feel happy and secure, and comfortable letting go in most cases. I'm probably due for a trip to goodwill. But there are some items I still have that, dammit, I just can’t let go!
It’s doesn’t work anymore, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to throw away my first SNES or any of my game cartridges. Nor would I sell any of it. It’s my childhood. It told me stories during formative years that I still adore and think about today.
I also still have a child fishing rod my late grandpa taught me to fish with. He showed me how to make minnow traps, too. I never would have learned how (or at least cared to) otherwise. Whenever my parents and I would visit, we’d make at least one trip to the pier. It was our thing. I regret being too young to fully appreciate the time before he died, because he was a veteran-- not just with a fishing rod, but as a Marine.
It's just what I think about when I see it. Not sure if I’d get any more bites than usual with it, though!
Do you have anything you have a special attachment to? Something that’s sentimental, has a history, and/or says something about you? Do you maybe have something that you lost for whatever reason, but still think about from time to time?
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My Nostalgia
All my Vacation trips
My sanity.
I can't let go of my frustration of not being able to play as Clementine in a New Frontier.
Memories of the past.
My PS4.
My shoes, I only ever own one pair of shoes, and I never buy new ones until the ones I have are literally unusable, because I dont wanna think about getting new ones, since I get used to how my shoes look, same with jackets too
Let it go, let it go, turn away and slam the door..
My hand watch. Bittersweet love. I have had it for like 8 years.
My two dogs. I'll never be ok with the fact that they are going to leave the world one time or another.
The guy I fell for last summer. He was my teacher, a man as old as my father and he also has a family. Plus, I knew him for only 2 weeks. But it still hurts ;_;
Oh, and also the memories of 2010-2013. It was a good time for me.
I like that a number of you out there described intangibles, since these are also things you 'own'.
In the same vein, I also try to keep my mistakes firmly in grasp. Or rather, the difficult lessons
My memories, guitars, and laptop.
That silent hills was cancelled
A kid who beat me up when I was in fifth grade. He was in seventh, so I was afraid of him being older I guess. He got mad cause I tackled him too hard. He used to pick on me before that incident so maybe I was frustrated? We are adults now and I see him at a mutual friends house. I start clenching my jaw and try to be civil. I've lost fights before but the way this kid picked on me, I want that L ran back.
Jack. Wait, nevermind, my hand slipped.
Music, aanndd video games. Just can't let go. ;--;