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		<title>Getting rid of fluff</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://perpetuallybored.com/2010/01/02/getting-rid-of-fluff/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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. </p>
<p>Previously, I’ve touched a little on topic through my <a href="http://perpetuallybored.com/2009/12/17/do-i-really-need-this-level-of-connectivity/">post</a> regarding my varying levels of connectivity. This time, I’m getting rid of things which are more tangible, and physical.</p>
<p>I was greatly inspired by two articles, the first about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/garden/31yurt.html">a family who lives in a Yurt out in the Alaskan wilds</a>, and another, a challenge to <a href="http://www.mindthebeginner.net/2009/03/100-items-can-it-be-done/">declutter by getting rid of non-essentials, leaving only 100 items</a>. 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.</p>
<p>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?</p>
<p><a href="http://perpetuallybored.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/softtoys.jpg" rel="lightbox[602]"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="soft-toys" border="0" alt="soft-toys" src="http://perpetuallybored.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/softtoys_thumb.jpg" width="420" height="316" /></a></p>
<p>Goodbye, my collection of random stuffed animals from childhood. May the The Salvation Army find you new homes.</p>
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