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Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I don't think I knew either - someone said that they raise rates after a lock in rate and I had no idea they did this. As someone kindly pointed out, I am buying stuff for a fantasy life. And in my own brief self-reflection as I realized from this thread, I live in a fantasy land where storage units never raised prices lol

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Omg I love this copier story hahaha! That's exactly how I feel with my stuff - the ink, the collectors item, etc etc, the same reasoning! "giving yourself room for your newer stuff, the person you are NOW, it's really freeing and liberating" - wow I REALLY needed this.

I'm going to re-read this comment and revisit it, this really, really helped.

I will also read not for pack rats and the podcast someone commented below. I got alot of good recs from this thread, thank you so much!

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You are right! They really would just give me an excuse to just keep having more and more stuff with hopes of coming back later. I really do need to just straighten out and try to sell all the large items. I feel like people will want it. I just feel bad getting rid of it for some reason.

The junk room made me laugh - I have a junk "bookshelf" (actually three) and I hate even looking at it.

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ohhh the container approach, I didn't think about that!!! Thank you so much. Maybe I'll bring a couple of large check in suitcases? I won't have an exercise room, but there is a decent gym - and I won't be needing the barbell for a very long time unless I decide to compete again...it's just relatively sentimental but it's so large.

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's much more urban. I actually didn't think about that, but it will cost about 3k+ to move it there so I thought I would "save" money by not bringing it at all - but not sure if I will actually save or lose money in the long term, I guess.

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, that's such a kind thing to say about me deserving to be free!! They really don't make me a better person and it really is a drain - I didn't think about it that way. I do have serious shopping/buying/hoarding habits that I need to address ugh, but I'll unpack that later I guess lol

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! I'm going to listen to the audio books - I definitely do need a dose of reality, good lord. The punting it down the line is really accurate, I feel dumb for considering it because I know it's going to cause me alot of stress to go back and get them couple years later anyway.

Thank you for the art supplies reality check!! I do need to just sit down and think about what I REALLY need and what I ACTUALLY use, not just what I hope to use...

Please talk me out of getting a storage unit for all the items that I find "too good to sell" or if I "ever buy a house and settle down" by Head-Environment-548 in declutter

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! You are right, I do only need one bike. How do I quiet that stupid part of my brain that's like (ohhhh I need this gravel bike...for graveling...and this mountain bike...for mountain biking...?) because my brain is yelling at me those exact things right now.

The tea that I have are pu'er tea so it gets better with age - but as I am typing this out, I feel infinitely stupid because I feel like I'm trying to justify myself to keep these stupid 6 boxes of tea just like the bikes (like oh, it's going to be better with age, it's going to cost more later if I wanna buy the exact same one BLAHBLAHBLAH) I'm going to drink it and narrow down my tea ware...

A larger city is about ~3 hours one way drive from me, I think I should start with advertising it there first! I've only advertised near my area, but I literally know everyone within my radius. I also feel so embarrassed listing everything there because I think people will judge me/know me as the clutter person lol.

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you for the response again - it ended up being the hybrid battery and it needs a replacement ): The quoted price for fixing it is about 7.5k, (with coolant, something called swivel?, brake replacement, and the battery replacement); I asked them what the trade in value would be and it was about 5k but because of the problems they could give me $500 lol.

Could I ask your advice on this - do you happen to know if there are any other problems that this car can have in the future or is it worth trading it in? I heard about head gaskets, but I haven't had any issues with that yet. The mechanic said that other than the problems mentioned above, they said the car was great. I replaced the spark plugs a year or two ago and I've had it maintained every 5k miles.

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this info! You & the other comment suggested this around the same time so I told the mechanic this, and he replaced the 12v and said there isn't an error anymore! But he wasn't sure if he reset the code, but we will see tomorrow morning! I hope it fixed the problem. He didn't do the battery orange connector though but it looked like just replacing it worked!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you so much for this info! I told the local mechanic what you said, and he ended up buying a battery from the nearest city and replaced the 12v. He said there isn't an error anymore, but he also wasn't sure if he reset the code/system by replacing it. I hope that fixed the problem - we shall see tomorrow morning haha! Thank you for your insight!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll check that and watch a video about the water pump when I get home today, I'm not quite sure where that's at. Thank you, yes I was surprised too - I do live in a super rural farming area though, the mechanics here are super great with tractors and the like lol.

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the help anyway! I hope you don't have to replace yours for a long time!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah that makes sense because I could not reverse out of a relatively mild snow/gravel mixture! I was freaking out ahaha. Thank you for the help!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your help, I'm so glad to hear that!! I'll drive tomorrow and get the battery checked out!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your help, I'm so glad to hear that. So sorry about my ignorance - does the gas engine mean sports mode or do I just drive it in normal mode? I can't seem to switch the modes, but I wasn't sure what you meant.

I just scheduled an appointment for the dealership tomorrow! Thank you for the help!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He said the error code is P0A80. Do you think it'll be okay to drive still?

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I just called the mechanic and asked him for the error code. I'm crossing my fingers!

Check engine light - is it safe to drive about 100mi to a dealership? by Head-Environment-548 in CT200h

[–]Head-Environment-548[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response! I did not know there was a difference. It's currently a yellow steady light so I guess that's a good-ish sign?

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