how does one become a nester?

in a recent email, the question was possed by a fellow nester....."why is it that we seem to be moving all the time but at the same time we are such nesters?"

in one maybe not so simple realization....it is migration......ever bird has to move from one climate to another right? they have to abandon what they have built up to find somewhere more sunny, warm and inviting.....usually leaving the last nest to build a new one

but how does one become a nester....is it in all female dna, that this trait is engrained? or is it the idea of conspicuous consumption- that we must collect objects to have worth? or does stuff equal stability and a place of belonging?

i think of this all, as i face the actual, all too real plans of my move west....the current plan is to sell as much as i can and go to los angeles with what can fit in and on the roof of my car.....leaving a few items behind at the family homestead to fetch once i find a place to live.

a few months ago, this idea wasn't even something that i would consider, hence the majority of my household sitting in storage for the past 5 months- but once you are away from your "Things" -it is easier to let them go......we'll see how easy it is when i am face to face with them again.

so this nester is getting ready to do a little spring cleaning before abandoning one nest, in hopes that the climate on the other side of the country will make for happy inhabititing