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Personal Narrative: The Garage
The Garage
I spent over twenty years serving in the military, and over the years I have collected a few things. My wife says I have a problem she says I’m a hoarder. She says hoarding is a disorder and most people don’t realize how bad it is. Furthermore I have so much clutter in the garage the kids could drown in the mess. I said honey it’s just the garage and I will clean and organize it one day.
I have a three car garage and only one vehicle can fit in it at the moment due to all my military gear I collected throughout the years. I have 6 boxes of manuals that needs to be shredded I just don’t want to throw them away due to security concerns. I have 30 pair of boots, 70 uniforms, 12 military tough boxes full of military gear. The garage is a collector of all things that I don’t know what to do with. Not only do I have military gear in the garage I have my lawn equipment, tools, bikes and holiday decorations. …show more content…
I asked myself will I ever use it again and I had to be honest with myself. For instance I was holding on to the kid’s bikes, I always thought they may want to use them again, but I knew they wouldn’t because they are old enough to drive. So instead of selling them for a profit I decided to donate them to a local church that was having a yard sale. The military gear I gave to a high school that had a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program (JROTC). Once everything was out of the garage, it was time to start sorting everything into three piles: throw away, donate and
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