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       Cleaning and Organization
       By: Neumatic Date: July 6, 2016, 9:47 pm
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       I can't believe we don't have a thread for this (or if we do,
       it's buried somewhere), but given the fact that we're dudes and
       therefore messy, I'm sure we have some thoughts abotu this.
       I was prompted to make this thread while reading this article in
       the New York Times Magazine (so paywall warning):
       [glow=red,2,300]Marie Kondo And The Ruthless War On Stuff
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       /> The article isn't just about her and her interesting philosop
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       (only keep what brings you joy), but it also comapres and
       contrasts that with the ulitarian organization industry that
       exists in America and how that gets mixed with this idea of
       presentation and style.
       I admit I've been thinking about this because of the book
       scaning.  As you'll recall, I've been digitizing my book
       collection and found myself wondering which books are worth
       keeping and which I'm not connected enough to to give away.
       I've also had this going on with my old art, little of it
       survives, but I'm constantly debating with myself which new art
       to keep.  I keep a digital copy of everything, but the ones I
       really like, I keep the physical version too, cutting them to
       size and haphazardly orgnizing them in binders with black-backed
       pages to make them look nice.
       The bit about losing possessions in a fire stuck out to me too,
       since we had that fire nearby last year.  There's very little
       stuff that I'd absolutely have to save, but it's not enough
       stuff to fill my life, and I would feel a massive loss if I lost
       my books, my movies, my art, and everything else.  It's an
       eclectic collection, and while anything that can be digitized
       (books, music, movies, pictures) is theoretically safe (if not
       vulnerable in a whole other way), that other stuff... I don't
       feel like I'm a prisoner of my possessions, but I also can't
       help escaping the fact that they're mine, a part of me, and I've
       always been tight with money: there's a reason I picked and
       bought everything that I own, which makes it harder to get rid
       of it.
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