{"id":385,"date":"2007-05-26T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2007-05-26T16:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/2007\/05\/26\/spring-cleaning\/"},"modified":"2007-05-26T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2007-05-26T16:10:39","slug":"spring-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"Spring cleaning feels good"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best things you can do is spend a few hours cleaning, organizing and getting rid of crap. You may not think it’s there but it is.<\/span> I found four grocery bags worth of stuff yesterday and I couldn’t be happier…<\/p>\n

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\tHave you ever looked at something and said: “yeah, I might use that sometime…”? I said that a few times yesterday. I found myself keeping a lot of junk so I switched up the game: I took everything in my room on shelves, in drawers and under beds and put it out in the open.<\/p>\n

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\"Organized<\/a> \"Landing<\/a>
Tackling the mega-surface: the bookshelf<\/font> <\/center><\/p>\n

Why spend the time?<\/h2>\n

\tMy room looked messy and stuff was everywhere but it was like working with a blank slate.<\/p>\n

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  • I could group stuff together.<\/strong> I didn’t really realize I had cables and gadgets in one drawer and other similar electronics in another. Similar stuff should go together!<\/li>\n
  • I could see what I really didn’t want.<\/strong> If I had to physically put it back on a shelf it forced me to think twice<\/span> about it. Do I really need to hang onto that Pez dispenser? Do I need to save this old iPod box?<\/li>\n
  • I thought about last time I cleaned.<\/strong> When I looked at each item I thought, ‘wow, I guess I didn’t use this since last time I cleaned’. That’s a good indicator that it’s not worth hanging onto that lanyard collection. I will never need to simultaneously carry 10 sets of keys on a long piece of fabric. Who knew?<\/li>\n
  • I found stuff I missed.<\/strong> Pulling things out of boxes meant I could either a) empty that box and use it for something useful, or b) find cool stuff I forgot I had. I found all my Hawaii pictures yesterday. Good stuff!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Was it worth it?<\/h2>\n

    \tI sometimes think about all the “stuff” we have in our lives. Just like in Fight Club<\/em>: “The things you own end up owning you”<\/span>. The simpler the better. An uncluttered room is less frustrating to look at and easier to live in. Now I have less junk to sift through when looking for something of value–that’s time saved.<\/p>\n

    \tPlus, what if I had to move soon? What if I were hit by a bus. Do I (or anyone else) need to deal with sifting through a bunch of useless stuff?<\/p>\n

    \tYou’ll be surprised how much stuff you have around that you don’t really need. Spend a weekend… it’s fun!<\/p>\n

    \tMay is still considered Spring right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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