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Getting rid of fluff

Posted in Life by mythokia on January 2nd, 2010

I don’t really have a list of things I want to accomplish in this year, nor even a few rough bullet points. This year is turning out to be one of those whereby I’ve to make a number of major decisions regarding my life, but I don’t feel quite ready for it yet. However, one of the directions I’ve been meaning to steer towards is to lead a minimalistic lifestyle.

Previously, I’ve touched a little on topic through my post regarding my varying levels of connectivity. This time, I’m getting rid of things which are more tangible, and physical.

I was greatly inspired by two articles, the first about a family who lives in a Yurt out in the Alaskan wilds, and another, a challenge to declutter by getting rid of non-essentials, leaving only 100 items. I currently already don’t leave too much a footprint, with the most space consuming items being my computers and collection of books at home. Weekdays I spend living on a military base, with only a set of uniform, a towel, a few changes of underwear, toiletries and my ipod. Essentially, that is the baseline of what is the absolute minimum. Everything else is just clutter, and optional.

That being said, I do have a number of ‘leftovers’, such as clothes that I no longer wear, stationary that are no longer relevant (like the rulers that lets you draw all kinds of funny shapes), lots of electronic and computer components that I saved because I imagined that they might come in handy (which didn’t), etcetera, etcetera. Time to nuke all that crap, and what better place to start clearing fluff than with fluff itself?

soft-toys

Goodbye, my collection of random stuffed animals from childhood. May the The Salvation Army find you new homes.

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  1. lozo said, on January 5th, 2010 at 5:32 am

    I spy with my little eye a Pikachu

  2. ChristiaanH said, on January 20th, 2010 at 5:29 am

    Thanks for the linkback and good luck on the non-bullet-pointed decisions for 2010.

    Christiaan

  3. [...] I mentioned about ridding myself of clutter. Being a modern day geek, I’m also a digital packrat rather than physical one. I have a [...]

  4. S. said, on February 23rd, 2010 at 1:34 am

    I still have my childhood plush bears at my mom’s house, lol.

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