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For years I’ve been dreaming of a time when I would be free of “stuff”. Sure, having everything can be useful, (Who do You ask when you want to borrow something?) but unless there’s a real clear order for everything, it’s just wasting space in your life. When you ask yourself “Where did I put that?” too often, you should understand that you have a problem. There’s a nice survey here to determine your Clutter Quotient. My favorite part was:

6. Your Acquiring Habits
You see something shiny. You buy it. Then you buy another for a spare, in case the first shiny thing gets dull. You cram both into your home, where you have hundreds of other once-shiny things, all of which are now dull, but you promise yourself to polish them one day. You buy polish.

This quote pretty much defines what I’ve had to put up with over the years. It’s not only one person’s fault, it’s really everyone wanting to hold on to their stuff and seing theirs as more valuable than what others want to keep. To pinpoint more specifically, I see two problems:

• Emotional attachment to objects: Throwing away needs to be Okay! Stop looking at me like I’m commiting a sin because I suggest that it’s time to get rid of the 20 year old alarm clock because the tape deck doesn’t work and it’s door is being kept shut with scotch tape.


• The blame game: Alice wants to throw something out that belongs to Bob, Bob says Carol is taking up too much room, and Carol says both Alice and Bob keep more useless things than she does.

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Isn’t this great news to hear when you finished school yesterday? Yup.

The statistics and all the ratings can be found here.

Only a few projects and exams stand between me and freedom! I can’t wait!