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I don’t own a lot of fancy, expensive things, so it’s the little things in my house that don’t have any monetary value that are the most important to me…and I think I’d probably feel that way even if I did have a bunch of pricey gadgets.
My point? It’s the little things, priceless that you’ll cherish and hang on to throughout your life that are really important at the end of the day.
People on AskReddit shared the things they own that are not worth much money but are priceless to them.
1. Whatever works.
“A matchstick.
I had a door that was sagging in my house due to the screw over time wearing a larger hole in the wall, and after some research I found a tip that shoving a matchstick with the tip broken off inside (and a dab of glue) could make the hole smaller.
That matchstick was worth its weight in gold, so about a dollar, after it helped me fix a huge annoyance.”
2. Teddy bear.
“A ratty teddy bear passed down from my (much older) brothers to me.
Is the only item I have that survived my insane childhood.”
3. Good memories.
“The book that my Grandma used to read to me.
It’s worthless, wasn’t even listed on Goodreads until I added it, but she died in 2005 the day after my 8th birthday and remembering her voice reading it is one of the clearest memories I have.
Would definitely save it in a fire.”
4. Sorry for your loss.
“A “best brother in the world” pin from my brother who passed away.
He gave it to me when he was six.”
5. Precious.
“My son found a rock on the way home from school in kindergarten.
We were walking home through this park we always cut through and he grabbed the rock and fell in love with it. It just looked like mud to me but who cares he loved it. When we got home I helped him wash it off in the sink and it was black and kinda blueish.
He said it was awesome and then gave it to me. Its one of my most precious things in the world to me.”
6. Family matters.
“There’s a picture of my wife and I with our adopted daughter.
The picture was taken when she was around 13 or so but we didn’t adopt her until she was 16.
When we took it, it was just us and a kid we kind of knew from church. It’s so cool to look back on and see how far we’ve come.”
7. Hang on to those.
“Handwritten letters from my grandmother who passed away a few years ago.
While it is sad to see her handwriting get progressively worse for each letter at the end it is nice to have something that was that close to her.
I have them stored in a small box and it always goes into our evacuation bag during fire season.”
8. My last dollar.
“I have a 1$ bill saved and put away in a drawer. The significance behind it is it was my last dollar before I decided to stop gambling and doing hard drugs.
I had to stop cold turkey. I was so f*ckin done being a half human, or an empty shell. At first it was just a dollar that sat in my center console in my car. I would look at it and be reminded what I was doing. I’ve been sober for well over a year now. I feel like that 1$ is special.
I know in narcotics anonymous they get something saying how long they’ve been sober or whatever. That 1$ is my token. My token for fighting a silent battle that I cannot share with people otherwise I could lose my job.”
9. This is sweet.
“My collection of old dog tags.
Literally “dog” tags.
I’ve had all my four-legged dog tags since I was 9, I’m 54 now.
I have it in my will that I’m to be buried with these.”
10. Magic knife.
“I have an old kitchen knife that’s probably worth like 25 cents.
But through some mysterious power of the universe it cuts better than any knife I’ve ever used. Meats. Veggies. Bread. Cheese. It doesn’t matter.
This thing glides through it all with ease and has never been sharpened. Easily my most important kitchen item.”
11. Awwwwww.
“A single post-it note folded into a paper airplane with the words “will you be my boyfriend?”
And two checkboxes labeled “yes” and “yes”.
He’s my husband now.”
12. Dad.
“Dad’s straw gardening hat. It’s torn and worn.
But he died 2 years ago and it reminds me of him when I wear it.”
13. That’s cool.
“I have one of the bullet casings from my grandfather’s military funeral from the 21 gun salute.
I don’t really know it’s value, but I got it for free.
My mother, cousins, aunts/uncles, and I on that side of the family each received one.”
How about you?
What’s the item in your home that’s worth $1 or less that is the most valuable to you?
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