The Story of Stuff
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thanks to a newsletter I subscribe to (yummymummyclub.ca) I found out about this cool video that sheds some light on the impact too much stuff is having on the planet. I thought it was timely considering that I'm about to head to the mall to buy even more stuff for people. ;)
It's 20 minutes long and, unfortunately, there is no dancing. Check out the video.
Of course, if you don't have a problem with too much stuff or, as I like to call it, uber clutter, goody for you. I may snub you at gatherings but at least you have room in your home for that Pulitzer or Oscar that's on its way to you. ;)
But is there a sure-fire way to keep clutter in its tracks? The good old "something new comes in, something old must go out" rule normally works for me. However, I'm a mess when it comes to books, magazines and important pieces of paper, like coupons and receipts. After a while everything just piles up into this mass of paper-mache material and I'm tempted to get some matches...
How do you deal with too much stuff?
It's 20 minutes long and, unfortunately, there is no dancing. Check out the video.
Of course, if you don't have a problem with too much stuff or, as I like to call it, uber clutter, goody for you. I may snub you at gatherings but at least you have room in your home for that Pulitzer or Oscar that's on its way to you. ;)
But is there a sure-fire way to keep clutter in its tracks? The good old "something new comes in, something old must go out" rule normally works for me. However, I'm a mess when it comes to books, magazines and important pieces of paper, like coupons and receipts. After a while everything just piles up into this mass of paper-mache material and I'm tempted to get some matches...
How do you deal with too much stuff?
posted by Bonnie Staring at 3:23 PM
5 Comments:
I have quarterly purges. The paper goes to my MIL who burns it in her wood burning furnace.
So bad for the environment.
So what you're saying, Amy, is that every few months you "spark up some clutter"? LOL
You got it right! ;)
In the spring my father-in-law has a huge bonfire and ... I don't contribute to this and stay the hell away ... but he likes to throw aerosol cans in to watch them explode.
I think he spent one to many summers in the barn with the cows if you know what I mean. Still my FIL is a great guy!
I wish I still lived near my parents because my Dad also loves his bonfires - the amount of paper my husband collects could fuel about a thousand of them.
My Dad is a farmer and he's not that attached to things so bonfires are his easiest way to clean up clutter. One day, when I came home for Christmas from university I arrived to a very clean bedroom. I mean super clean. All my old highschool notebooks, some essays I'd been keeping because I thought they were particularly brilliant (maybe my Dad knew they weren't) were gone. So were all these great old and musty books that had come with the old farmhouse we'd bought. I could not believe it. My dad - a book burner! It still gives me the willies.
Anyway, I recovered but ever since then I've been very careful not to leave any important papers behind when I go visit. And I NEVER leave my books.
That's horrible Nelsa!
I think we need to go set some of your dad's stuff on fire...at Amy's in-laws' place. ;)
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