Friday...

[ozarque]

It's a beautiful sunny day here, and that's very good news. I'll get more done, and get it done more easily.

Yesterday George started tackling the task of clearing out the shelves and drawers in his room, and discovered two things very quickly. First, that it's a task much like looking up a word in the dictionary; you keep getting distracted by

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[snousle]

I don't have a big clutter problem, but I know well the intensity of the attachment. Something to consider is that it might not be the objects themselves, but the memories they trigger, that are so compelling. I find that if I take a digital photo of something, I can enjoy the photo whenever I like without actually owning the object anymore. With cameras that can photograph a whole newspaper page in a second, you can make photography part of the process and let go of the things more easily.

Response to snousle...

[ozarque]

I have a very fancy digital camera -- which I've never been able to figure out how to use. But I agree with your excellent advice, all the same.

[kathryn_ironic]

I second and highly recommend the use of a camera in de-cluttering