Comments on: Everything must go

By: Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:09:29 +0000

But we’re giving the useless crap to other people to hoard!

By: Cole

Cole — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:34 +0000

As a former heritage professional and on behalf of all future archaeologists I feel I must take the opportunity to protest this bunkum.

What scant remnants will we have to excavate and postulate upon in future generations if people stopped hoarding their useless crap?!?

Yours

CR Squirrel Esq.

By: Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Actually I’ve just realised swapping more for less (rather than none) is exactly what you suggested with the rental.

By: Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:17:35 +0000

I’m currently going througha similar process, sifting through stuff and selling or giving away crap that has sat in storage for months or years without much chance of being used often. I already get DVD’s from Tesco (they use Love Film) and far prefer this over building up a collection of disks I’ll rarely watch.

However one thing I’m doing slightly differently is looking at some of the stuff I have and seeing if there’s a simpler solution I could be using and then selling stuff to buy that solution. Though I’ve mostly just been selling…

I want less!

By: John Sutherland

John Sutherland — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:08 +0000

Well said. I know the first time I heard this, I thought you were crazy, but it's the logical extension of what I'm doing.

I just retrieved "Unclutter Your Life …", as mentioned on MinimalMac: http://bit.ly/3zZtjw which may be useful.

Onward!