Stuff

John Freyer is one brave guy. I don’t think I could ever do what he did. I am very attached to all my things not only because I bought them with hard earned money but because they have their own story behind them. What he did was very interesting and it is amazing how much money he managed to make form selling his “junk”. As I look around my apartment now, there isn’t any thing I’d be willing to sell. I feel like all my things are a part of me now. They were given to me by someone significant or have a memory attached to them. Although I feel like getting rid of some things would give me somewhat of a relief because like Freyer I too feel like I have a lot of stuff that is purely useless, I just think it would be too hard to part with. My mom calls me a pack rat because I save everything but I don’t think that is necessarily a bad thing. I think the fact that Freyer started this thing during the big .com boom had to do with his great success. Also the fact that he created his own site helped too. His own site made it more interesting and gave his reasons and story. This probably helped to draw people in and keep track of what they bought and in touch with them. Overall I enjoyed reading about Freyer and his story of the journey of his possessions and him.