I feel like many people treat FBM as window shopping - they like the thrill of inquiring about buying something and pretending they have it but then don't bother committing to picking it up.
I've had a few wins so far and pocketed some cash which is nice. I can see why people do a whole side hustle with this - though the cons would outweigh the pros for me pretty fast heh.
I realise I should've gotten an idea of what I needed to cull a lot earlier though. Thankfully my angel of a friend has offered to let me dump all the crap at hers so it can be flogged/hard rubbished/sent to the tip.
I've been playing the Marketplace tango all day today myself! Gosh, what I would do for a naturestrip outside my place so I could just unload stuff that won't move.
Woohooooo!!! Freedom!!! Especially out where you live right now it'll make such a difference. You should definitely take it for a nice long spin
I'm keen to hear your linen cupboard-less ideas! I've had the same experience with space saver bags back in Singapore when I was storing all my winter clothes from living in Australia - they'd just reinflate.
yep... I will learn from this experience and look back on it - just another one of those Adulting things living with what you chose. I love your last sentence, it's not a forever story! I do need to remind myself of that from time to time. Thank you for the immensely kind words.
Thank you for the considerate and thought out reply - it's helped me see things in a bit better perspective and to work out what I can do within this space (and it's ok to stay in survival mode just a little longer). I do think I've been rather spoiled in my current place with so much built in storage that I've sort of sprawled over everywhere. Not having a linen cupboard is a big drawback but I think I can make it work.
I went back to my place and the fridge I have will JUST fit with about 1cm of space at the top and 2cm on the sides. My washing machine will also fit in the tiny closet (?!) that they have for it. I've culled my clothes as much as I could - I suspect some will just stay in boxes until I leave, especially the winter stuff. It's sad that I won't be able to cook as freely as I could but I guess it'll help me narrow down my focus to work and study (and a bit of fun - outside the home).
I think there's going to need to be a tip run for some things - an old rug, an old ironing board, an old POANG chair scratched up by a cat, an old swag that I've done my best to clean the mould off of but there are still visible marks... and an old feather doona - donated by friends, they shrank it in the wash and it's now badly stained anyway. RSPCA won't take it as it's got feathers in it :/
Plus this long couch nobody wants...
My friend has helped me move out about 70% of my stuff (deadset legend).
But I have vastly underestimated how much stuff I have, and how much stuff I can realistically store at this next place...
I am REALLY working hard to keep myself together. Wow this is a huge huge downgrade. I really did not prepare myself for this. Even my friend looked at the other place and (reluctantly, after I was whinging) said "yeah... it's a place to crash at after a long day, not a home - it's a good thing you're only there for six months".
The plan will work, I just need to get everything out of here by the 19th. I will cull and sell further once it's been moved, none of it is too heavy.
I hope so! Might need to have the white noise going for a few weeks.
It's absolutely the major topic of our conversations! There's some heavy shit underneath it all. Already onto my sixth session next week... without any of that support I think I'd have had a breakdown
It's been hard to shake the feeling that I'm going backwards with this - but I think I'll come out ok on the other side if I don't dwell on the negatives...
Woke up from a nightmare in which Mike Ehrmentraut was following me around for allegedly shoplifting. It was already so hard to go to sleep. I need it for today, my friend will be here at 8:30, body please...
I have been so tense and anxious over the sense that maybe I've made a horrible mistake and prioritised the wrong things. I hate this stomach-pit feeling... gotta suck up my choices though.
My current council doesn't do on-demand hard rubbish :/ The next booking available is well after I've moved out. I've got a friend with a station wagon, we might be able to take it to the tip. A shame as it's a perfectly functional couch but I can't seem to move it online
I do feel like I've got to shrink my idea of "doing what I want" down to fit the space, especially considering how much I have to pay to still live there. Never mind the plants, I realise I will be doing a lot less cooking here as well. Need to remember the big benefit of this place is I can leave once uni is done. I'm going to make the most of that choice, not going to let this bastard rental market crush me
Thanks 🧡 yeah, I think I'll find a way forward and adjust my mentality to just get through the next six months. I'm lucky to have my own space at least, and not with housemates from hell. I'm lucky too that I have a great job and plenty of field work options coming up.
It'll be a good impetus to work on what I want in life next instead of being stuck in a rut
Entered the new place today.
sad realisations
Oh man it is somehow a lot smaller and sadder than I remember. And the road noise is so much more noticeable than at my place. I'm not even sure my fridge will fit. E: I have gone back and measured and it will JUST barely fit. Thank fuck. Like an idiot I didn't measure anything while I was inspecting (because it was tenanted). I am really, really cracking the sads right now back at my current place knowing how much I have to give up. It just doesn't feel like what I've worked for at all... Fucking rental market...
Feels like I really am saying goodbye to a whole life in stages. Will any of it be worth it? I'm going to have to fast forward the chat with work about whether I'll be able to work primarily remotely after I finish uni. The only way I see out of any of this long-term is to move in with family to hyper save up a deposit. But the only family I can move in with is interstate.
I definitely need something to look forward to because after slogging it out for years to get residency and building a life for myself I'm really sad at having to shrink it so much. I'm ready to live more expansively. I've really sacrificed a lot to try and finish this degree and it's going so much worse than I expected...
And on top of that, couch guy has turned up only to find that it's too small for his car despite my telling him the dimensions ahead of time. So that's fallen through as well, arrrgh... what do I do now??? Pay someone on airtasker to take it?
Whoa that's pretty decent. Once I'm settled in the new place I might be able to do some veggie shopping on Victoria St and grab some discounts like that too
Worrying... sounds like it's time for hambam to come help guard the joint for a bit (if he's up for it). I hope you don't get that unlucky trio
Carlton, Fitzroy and Collingwood in the 60s and 70s - photos
Chris Lermanis is a keen amateur photographer who spent his weekends from the late 1960s to early 1970s photographing around the inner Melbourne suburbs of Fitzroy, Carlton and Collingwood with his Pentax SV camera and 50mm lens.He hand-processed the black and white films at home and made prints in ...
Victorian man planned to abuse baby, caught with 6,300 child sexual abuse files, jailed for 20 months
Victorian man Jonathon Edwards will serve just 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than 6,300 files containing images of child sexual abuse and torture.
What the absolute fuck? 20 months? I genuinely do believe rehabilitation can be possible for some pedophiles as opposed to just punishment, but this guy has zero remorse and for the degree of his offending...
Despite a $100m effort over 14 months to stop the invasive parasite, scientists say eradication is no longer possible
I remember how big this was for a while - only for this bit of news to be buried with a short article. Surely the scale of infestation (resulting in the change in approach) is going to have significant impacts to pollinator-dependent agriculture?
Andrews government expected to detail crackdown on rent bidding and stop landlords from raising prices after asking previous tenant to vacate
I'm wary of how diluted "affordable housing" means. Bypassing Council, VCAT and third party appeals are very tasty prizes for developers and I'm sure plenty would manipulate the definition of "affordable housing" to get a ticket to far less planning oversight, especially with the low bar of entry at 50 million. More housing is desperately needed, and NIMBY pushback has definitely been an issue, but I really hope the homes will actually be affordable, and that the Vic government planners will enforce good quality design, not boundary to boundary grossness with no setbacks or green space.
V/Line passengers are used to delays, slow journeys and rail-replacement buses. Now they face a new challenge: finding a seat
Many people predicted this would happen...
As processing times for some parent immigration visas balloon out to almost 30 years, the families hoping to be reunited for good are left in limbo
What do you think? As a migrant myself I have to confess I'm not that on board with expecting aged parents to be part of the package when migrating over, even my own aunts and uncles who are currently going through the process via their own children.
However, it is cruel of the Australian government to keep providing "hope" and taking people's application fees when they have understandably little intention of increasing the aged migrant intake. I think they should cut the crap and stop offering these visas if reducing aged migrant intake is their intention. Just keep on the long term visit visas for parents, whack on a mandatory private health insurance clause if needed.
The Victorian government will ban gas connections to new homes and residential subdivisions from January 1 next year.
Cooking on gas is the one environmentally damaging thing I don't want to give up, I'll admit...