I recently closed on a house and am currently in the process of moving. The house was sold with everything in it, and an older woman who passed away had a ton of furniture in this house that isn’t exactly my taste. So right now I’m trying to sell it all before I start piling my own stuff in there.

The anxiety comes in because it feels like everyone is telling me what I should do. I don’t even like the furniture but all my relatives who have seen the house are telling me I “need to keep it” and “my taste will change as I get older” and that I’ll regret selling it.

Jesus, it is making me question every single step I take in this process! In my heart I know I don’t like this furniture, but now I’m not sure at all. The other day I broke down crying because I just couldn’t handle it. I managed to sell some of the furniture to someone for about a fourth of what it is actually worth.

I feel so terrible about all of this. I’m horrified I’m going to get screamed at again by my mother (who has already went off on my on the phone once) and all of this is effecting my work ethic. I can’t focus on anything else but this house and all the shit in it!

I just want to sell it and start my search over….The process is nothing like I thought it would be and seeing all the bulky stuff sitting in there just makes me panic and not even want to walk through the front door.

How in the world am I gonna live there?