Can I do without it?

So you know that we have been looking to buy a house, and as we've progressed on our journey we've come to realise that the places in our price range are mostly very small. Realistically, if we're to be comfortable in one of these houses, we're going to have to seriously downsize in the stuff department.

At present we are living a life of luxury in a massive flat that has loads of storage, but my friends, when we get a place of our own we will no longer be living in the manner to which we have become accustomed. Gone will be the days of shoving all manner of crap into our endless cupboards!

I am mentally preparing myself for the day when we will finally buy this elusive little house of ours, and so lately, as I float around our current flat, I keep finding myself making notes of things I could possibly do without. I figure it will probably be easier if I begin emotionally distancing myself before being forced to physically part with my beloved miscellany.

On the weekend, while dancing around inside our huge hall cupboard, I bumped into my snowboard and was suddenly faced with a dilemma. Should it stay or should it go?

I'm not going to lie to you by saying the snowboard has spent a heap of time on actual snow. In fact if I were to advertise it for sale I'd probably use phrases like "excellent condition", "one old lady owner" and "barely used".

So sure, I'm not exactly a snow bunny, but I'm proud of my very limited snowboarding skills because I pretty much suck at every other physical activity I've ever tried my hand (feet, body, whatever) at, yet I have managed to make my way down a slope or two without incident.

Well, without serious incident. There was that one time I failed to speed-check and caught an edge on some ice. I remember seeing snow, then sky then snow again, and somehow my feet were over my head and my goggles were two metres away with the lens even further away again. A sizeable bump and bruise appeared on my eyebrow, I was wobbly for a bit, and my vision was blurred at the edges, but apart from that I was fine.

I even lugged that snowboard to the other side of the world in order to hone my skills on the French Alps, but, in true Jane style, I ended up with a nasty chest infection that saw me bailed up in bed for days while everyone else played around in the snow. I did manage to get two half days in - one on Mt Pila in Italy, and one at some little resort in the south of France.

Even though it's nice to be able to tell my friends I boarded in Europe, it really wasn't worth traipsing that damn thing through the UK, France, and Japan for. Also, saying that makes me sound like I am quite skilled on a snowboard when really, I'm still just a beginner.

Yeah, the board hasn't had a lot of use, but I'd like to think that one day I might get back on it and give this snowboarding business another decent crack.

So back to the original question, do I keep the snowboard or sell it? If I keep it, it will take up space and probably only be used once in a blue moon. If I sell it, I have a feeling I will also be selling my motivation to ever get to a mountain again. I know you're thinking I should just hire gear, but I know me well enough to know that without my own equipment, I won't make the effort. Stupid, but true.

A little help on this would be great if you could, and also are you holding on to something you may never use again just because you like the idea that you might use it again one day?

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