The other day, Jim needed a particular tool for his ceramics class project. It’s a wooden tool with metal loops at each end for craving clay. I have one and went to look for it.<\/p>\n
And couldn’t find it.<\/p>\n
I’ve got a room with my crafting supplies in it and I tore that room apart looking for this one tool. Then I looked through the rest of my house.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
I know I have this and it bothered me that I couldn’t find it. I mean, a lot. There’s a line in Fight Club that talks about “the things we own, end up owning us”.<\/p>\n
And apparently, I’m owned by a lot of crap. It’s cool crap, for the most part. Parts of projects to be or supplies that I used some of and still have left. And a lot of “wouldn’t that be nice to use for…”<\/p>\n
So, I’ve started to de-crapify my house. Clear out the things that I don’t need or don’t hold strong memories. It will be a slow process, but something I want to do. Having a thing just to have a thing – with no practical or useful purpose or strong meaning\/memory – has really started to bother me.<\/p>\n
I’ll be digitizing some things. Recycling and donating where I can. And trashing – over a period of time – the rest. Keeping what I really need and really want to have.<\/p>\n
All this is also a reaction to work – which has been intensely stressful and chaotic of late. Getting a little bit of order back, even just clearing out a junk drawer, is doing good things for my head.<\/p>\n
And my head was not doing well today. I had a moment, towards the end of the day, where I just got overwhelmed. It just felt so… futile.<\/p>\n
The fix for this is to keep organizing to balance out the chaos. Get some more outdoor exercise and work on my yard.<\/p>\n
And maybe, just maybe, take a day off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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