Cleaning

[theannex]

Been wanting to clean up my room a bit lately. It wasn't bad - but I want to reach that next level of tidy. What was the quote I read the other day...

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" - William Morris As a long time pack rat, general 'geek', and collector of.. things - this is tough. And

Comments

[shan_dot_com]

i could always help again :) though i think i caused you great pain that time we went on a cleaning rampage in your room.....it worked though

[theannex]

your cleaning rampage is one of my all time favorite memories! true it was painful... but in an 'oh so good' kind of way, haha.

You'll be super proud of me when it's all done i suspect

It would be even harder to discern junk from stuff to keep now :/ as there's significantly less. Right at this moment i REALLY need some kind of... storage.. device that i can easily organize all these disks.

[stace_meister]

Ah, William Morris, father of the Arts and Crafts movement. Interesting that his very philosophy led the way to a design stratagem that is seen to be "cluttered" and "cottagey". Oh well, the sentiment is pure.

I'm actually in the process of doing the same. After having lived in residence all year, I've realized how little of the stuff I have at home is really relevant to my life, and thus just weighs me down with /stuff/. Good luck to you and I, it's not the easiest endeavor!

your last comment. (in the op)

[bictap]

ya i hate when stuff like that can sneak up on you.