Adventure Fund

It has become clear to me that I would much rather collect memories than things.  I'm not talking about memorabilia either.  I like to do stuff rather than have stuff.  That boils down to asking myself whether the money I'm spending on stuff would be better saved so later I can have adventures.  My mission in the New Year will be to stay under budget as much as possible so I can contribute the maximum amount to my adventure fund.

One way I can save money would be to get rid of the storage unit I have not touched this year.  Yes, I have a storage unit. It's a great source of shame for me as I continue down my minimalism journey, but I have to remind myself that everything comes in time.  The storage unit is now in my sights.  There was an article I recently read here that gave the idea of considering the thrift store as one's storage unit.  To that I say, "Great Idea!"  I just figured out how I will purge the storage unit I have without feeling guilty.  Genius!!

I've hung on to things largely because my two young adult children will be moving into their own places soon.  I'm sure the money I've spent on the storage would purchase the items at the thrift store numerous times over.  My older child has a tentative move out date of February.  His application has been approved so I'm sure there will be those that argue the contents' time has finally come to be in use.  My plan is to take pictures of the items and if my son and his girlfriend want anything, I will save it at our house.  I will not have the additional bill in 2016.

My motivational question would be, "Would I rather put this money in my adventure fund?"  or "Is an adventure more important than this expense/purchase?"