5 Things People Regret Throwing Away After 60 — Japanese Elders Keep Every One
Two Houses by Ken Tsukamoto
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Every chapter ends on two questions, and the one this video runs on is in the drawer chapter: was this kept by a decision, or by the absence of one. All the pairs sit together near the end, so you can run them on any object without me.
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I grew up in a Japanese house. I've now lived in America longer than I lived in Japan.
Everyone says the answer to regret is to keep more. Keep the box, keep the second box. The Japanese elder keeps almost nothing, and still keeps these, and it has nothing to do with sentiment. A small house forced the deciding to happen while the one person who could explain the object was still in the room.
This one walks through the five things people tell me, over and over, they wish they had kept, with what each one is, why it leaves, and where it should be tonight. Then the reason all five survive in a Japanese house, and the one my mother let go anyway.
I would still keep the attic. The American who kept everything never had to regret anything. It just means the deciding is still up there, waiting for whoever comes next.
If you make it to the end, leave one word in the comments: done. And tell me which of the five you still have, and whose hand it's in.
Chapters
0:00 She cleared the whole house in one week
0:40 The card with the stain on it
2:16 Turn one photograph over tonight
4:07 I ran the survey on your comments
6:56 The tools with a grip worn into them
10:11 One cardigan, and the attic I'd still keep
13:15 The one my mother didn't keep
16:00 Where all five actually come from
19:14 One box with a lid
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2. Old photographs but only with names, and dates and a little story written in pencil on it.
3. The highly personal collected small box of small keepsakes from a dear loved one.
4. Photo albums
5. The personal tools used daily by a loved one.
6. A textile that was heavily and personally used by a loved one and still has their scent or their shape - their tactile memory.
7. Everyday Paper things used, highly personal. Ledgers, the lists, the diary, the letters.
No photographs - No albums, and a few school yearbooks
My dad has accumulated tools for decades, and none of his sons want them. I don't have the space and do not wish to pay to store them.
Clothes - I was very heavy and lost weight. I kept it off for 10 years and then gained a lot of weight over the next 10-15 years. I kept all my clothes from that time and since, unless they wore out.
I am sure I have old notebooks from when I was a kid. I wonder if my mom has her old budget notebooks.
I miss pictures I had from a day at Lake Tahoe about 22 years ago. They were digital.
I am getting ready to clear space in my home, so I will be careful and watch for these items.
5 Things People Regret Throwing Away After 60 — Japanese Elders Keep Every One
Two Houses by Ken Tsukamoto
5,580 views
If a house got cleared in one fast week and something small went with it: https://twohousesbook.com
Every chapter ends on two questions, and the one this video runs on is in the drawer chapter: was this kept by a decision, or by the absence of one. All the pairs sit together near the end, so you can run them on any object without me.
543 pages, 96 chapters, every claim sourced. $47 early-bird, 30-day refund.
I grew up in a Japanese house. I've now lived in America longer than I lived in Japan.
Everyone says the answer to regret is to keep more. Keep the box, keep the second box. The Japanese elder keeps almost nothing, and still keeps these, and it has nothing to do with sentiment. A small house forced the deciding to happen while the one person who could explain the object was still in the room.
This one walks through the five things people tell me, over and over, they wish they had kept, with what each one is, why it leaves, and where it should be tonight. Then the reason all five survive in a Japanese house, and the one my mother let go anyway.
I would still keep the attic. The American who kept everything never had to regret anything. It just means the deciding is still up there, waiting for whoever comes next.
If you make it to the end, leave one word in the comments: done. And tell me which of the five you still have, and whose hand it's in.
Chapters
0:00 She cleared the whole house in one week
0:40 The card with the stain on it
2:16 Turn one photograph over tonight
4:07 I ran the survey on your comments
6:56 The tools with a grip worn into them
10:11 One cardigan, and the attic I'd still keep
13:15 The one my mother didn't keep
16:00 Where all five actually come from
19:14 One box with a lid
#Downsizing #JapaneseCulture #JapanVsAmerica #LivingInJapan #JapaneseHome