No wonder I can't find anything.
Mar. 25th, 2008 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
martelvoncI sorted out the basket of doom this morning. This is a basket I keep beside my desk where I drop opened mail, assorted receipts, used SCA event directions for taxes, and other things to be filed.
Normally it's only household chaff but this time it was almost all SCA research and baronial stuph. One bit was a folder of research and the cut fabric for a new needlework project. I've been searching for it for a couple of weeks. Sheesh.
I can also see the entire top of the dining room table now. Boo Yah!
I've so much shredding to do I'm going to take it to work and use the big shredder there. My little one overheats too fast.
I re-read an opinion peice I saved from the Baltimore Sun last year. it was entitled "Cleaning House Brings Relief". The author told the tale of how he and his wife were forced to clear their house of clutter when they hosted a foreign exchange student. He was amazed at the amount of stuff they saved but never ever used anymore. He felt a great deal of relief when the clutter was gone. There was no more worrying about "doing something" about the mess. It was done.
At the end of the article he says a very wise thing-
"In my view, he who dies with the most toys doesn't really win after all. He who dies with a clean slate achieves something far greater."
I want to die with the toys I really enjoy. Not the stuff that keeps me from enjoying my toys.
Normally it's only household chaff but this time it was almost all SCA research and baronial stuph. One bit was a folder of research and the cut fabric for a new needlework project. I've been searching for it for a couple of weeks. Sheesh.
I can also see the entire top of the dining room table now. Boo Yah!
I've so much shredding to do I'm going to take it to work and use the big shredder there. My little one overheats too fast.
I re-read an opinion peice I saved from the Baltimore Sun last year. it was entitled "Cleaning House Brings Relief". The author told the tale of how he and his wife were forced to clear their house of clutter when they hosted a foreign exchange student. He was amazed at the amount of stuff they saved but never ever used anymore. He felt a great deal of relief when the clutter was gone. There was no more worrying about "doing something" about the mess. It was done.
At the end of the article he says a very wise thing-
"In my view, he who dies with the most toys doesn't really win after all. He who dies with a clean slate achieves something far greater."
I want to die with the toys I really enjoy. Not the stuff that keeps me from enjoying my toys.
