CrusinSusan
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I have to say that I won't miss much of the "stuff" I own (or, should I say, that owns me!) by selling it all, but I'm going through my book collection today trying to decide what ones I will take, and I'm trying to limit myself, but I'm not even 1/2 way through my 600+ collection, and I've already set aside too many to take in an RV.
This is really, the very hardest part for me: Giving away/selling this collection that took me decades to amass with love and hard work and so much time.
I'm not doing storage, and I'll be darned if I'm going to move these books yet another time anyway! I'm just sharing my pain here. Two friends (both rare book collectors/sellers) will be going through them for their choice picks after me (both very special people to me), so the collection will go to good homes, but well....you know: those books that changed your thinking; the ones associated with pivotal historical periods; those rare first editions/galleys/readers copies/signed.
*Sniff* Decades....DECADES of searching, digging through stacks at garage & library & non-profit sales; that giddy feeling when that oh-so-rare moment happens as your hand touches gold. The one's I won at lottery-type fundraisers.
I will so miss this. I wonder if I'll become a rolling library if I can't stop this addiction. (OMG - I'm already planning as I wrote it! I could be a scout for my friends!.....argggh...nooooo...not yet...want to relax into this life first.)
You may not be a book lover...but I bet there's something that's hard to give up for you. What is it?
Why Full-Timing? Because at my age, I have maybe 40 more chances to see flowers bloom.
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TxTwo
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Well - I am a book lover also, but I have been able to give up many of my books - I sold them on Amazon just to get rid of them because I have so much "stuff." You have to learn to "Let Go" of things in life, hard as it may be.
The hardest thing for me so far has been the loss of my 14 year old terrier, giving up my "youth" - and giving up "eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted." Those days are gone now - to be sure! Gotta move on with life - or life will move on without you!
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jokers99
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I miss my own personal Hot Springs hot tub in my back yard, it was awesome! Yes I know they have those blow up portable ones they are a joke. Love full-timing though and my cozy little mobile house.
Kerry and Joanne
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Full-timers mantra, Close your eyes, click your heels,
you're already home.
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brauneyz
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I can't ease your pain, but I do have some tips.
1) Keep the ones you think you may read again - for me, that was poetry and reference books.
2) After everyone is done sorting through them and you've sold/donated the priceless ones, keep a box full to use for exchanges in different CG's. Nothing like the thrill of trading in six cheap novels for something I've always wanted to read, but never ran across.
The only thing I really miss FTing is my tomato garden! 
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DutchmenSport
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More and more books can be found on-line. As I Majored in Religious studies in college, I had many precious books. Everything from Josephus to Plato! Modern thought, ancient thought. Science to Psychology. I moved quite frequently for a many years and simply got sick and tired of dragging a thousand books around all the time. I started giving them away. I'm down to a couple hundred, but I still live in a stick house. I find it very interesting, that almost everything I owned at one time or another has been digitized. So, electronic copies are a fantastic way to go. Granted, it not the same as snuggling down in an easy chair with a hard back leather bounded book from antiquity, but with the advantage of modern technology, it sure saves a lot of space and make it much easier when it's necessary to relocate.
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CrusinSusan
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I know, I know. Digital.
But where's the smell?? That old book, dusty, yellowed, dry, crumbling paper smell? Huh? Huh?
And who ever heard of a First Edition *digital*? And that doesn't have to be old - you can just have lucked onto a rare copy of an about-to-go-blockbuster author.
And what about the treasures found between the pages of those thrift store books? Huh? Those folded personal letters from heaven knows when; those Brazilian Reais; those black and white photographs from *ages* ago of total strangers poised between the scalloped edges of the photo paper?
Oh...no...it ain't even close. Please pass me the cheese to go with my w(h)ine. And a tissue.
*sigh*
And brauneyz, what do you mean keep the ones I'll read *again*? I haven't even gotten to them all yet and there are sooo many more out there; and then the Library is right there too, tempting me away from my own stacks. As the saying goes: So many books, so little time. But I am considering the book exchange idea you mentioned...actually thought of it earlier also. GMTA.
TxTwo: I surely won't presume to equate the loss of you terrier with my loss of books. I'm sorry to hear of it.
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brauneyz
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Dear CrusinSusan,
We all have to make choices, dear. Keep more books and ditch the high heels!
I, too, kept anything unread, gifts from loved ones, or special ones. We've traveled the country and amassed many library cards, but not everywhere loans to 'visitors', so we always keep a couple dozen reads on hand.
You can do it. For me, the first 3 months was the hardest. Guess I'm slower to adapt than most. 
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Burro
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I found good homes for my expensive books and the well-loved ones. I can go visit them whenever I'm where they are. They're still mine; just being "booksitted" for an extended period.
I did bring some and when I'm near the others, I often switch.
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Sooner Schooner
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I have a large die cast car collection that I still have in storage. I have 3 of my 1:18 scale cars with me for decoration and the other 100+ are boxed up. I love my cars and I can't part with them yet.
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1971 Camaro in storage
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WilliamKorn
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Susan,
Make a "deal" with a friend / family member that has a S&B abode with a library in a location that you will return to occassionally (home base for residency?)to display and enjoy your many years of love and devotion. Then you may "visit" with the adoptive parents and treasures when you are in town.
William Korn
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