Friday, January 11, 2008

THE STUFF THAT COLLECTIONS ARE MADE OF!

I know that I have stuff .
I know that I have collections.
I know that I have collectibles.
I know that I have more stuff.

What happens when the line between what is stuff, what is a collection and what is a collectible blurs? Does it all become stuff? Does it all become a collection? Does it all become a collectible?
I am beginning to believe that it all becomes a giant collection of collectible stuff!

Can anyone say "Clutter"?

Once it all becomes clutter you can lose track of what is real and what is just simply stuff. I have long believed in the Feng Shui concept of clutter prevents your chi from flowing smoothly and probably can be blamed for many other mistakes, mishaps and missed "things to do".
Therefore I do hereby proclaim that my clutter is the reason that I have missed posting to this blog since August of 2007.

I also proclaim that in the true spirit of a New Year and improving my resolve to evolve; I shall eliminate the stuff, identify my collections and then determine which are collectibles. Does saying it "out-loud" on a blog make it happen? I certainly hope so.

If any of you find that you can identify with parts of this, I would like to send you to a great article that I found on one of my favorite websites, Zen Habits
entitled: The Minimalist’s Guide to Fighting (and Beating) Clutter Entropy

Let me take this opportunity to wish all of you a healthy and peaceful new year and one filled with less stuff and more collectibles and collections.

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