July 20th, 2008
I’m Giving Away Everything I Own and Here Are the Twenty One People Who Want It
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I had announced a little over two weeks back that I’m giving away everything I own to one lucky reader of my blog –
In the first week of August, I’ll walk out of my house with two bags or three. I’ll give away everything else I have to one lucky person, for free.
When I say everything, I do mean everything — all my furniture, all my soft furnishing, all the electronic goods in the house, all the utensils and appliances in my kitchen, all the clothes, books, and DVDs I’m not carrying with me, and miscellaneous other household items.
The first week was slow and only two people asked for my belongings. Perhaps, people were suspicious of the seriousness of my offer. Perhaps, people were waiting for someone else to ask first. In either case, it was probably a symptom of the premium our culture puts on being self-reliant, on being able to not ask for help.
Blue from Washington DC wished she was in Mumbai, so that she could pretend that my stuff would allow her to have a grown-up living space and help her feel like an adult.
