Ok, okay. After pretty much a month long hiatus in Philadelphia, I am back to yakshaving. Well, I have always been performing the act of yak shaving, but I am back to blogging I mean. To tell the truth, I kinda missed writing for the heck of it. I’m not a graphomaniac like my little brother, but putting thoughts down about ideas is undoubtedly a clarity-yielding, fruitful endeavor.
So what have I been up to? As mentioned in earlier post, a recent obsession of mine has been decluttering and crusading for utter minimalism. I realize how much better I feel in an empty/clean space devoid of random pieces of paper and old junk that I just don’t need or ever use. Once I understood that “stuff” is not just about some value that is stored in tangible form, but also that “stuff” requires mental processing cycles each time you look at it and think about it, I was on board.
I know, I know.. I haven’t uncovered the secret to simplicity or happiness or anything like that, David Allen and his armies of index card toting GTDers still have a leg up on me.
Once I started doing this, I realized there were tons of people on the interweb with the same problems as I do. In fact, I’d suggest that the trend towards minimalism and declutter — not just personal organization (Think “The Container Store“), but just all out infatuation with purging of material possessions deemed superfluous is on the rise.
As a matter of fact, a quick search engine trip yields armies of consultants available at your beck and call to help you organize and rid yourself of stuff. When my mom told one of her yoga students about my declutter mission, the woman seemed convinced that a mass purging would give her great pleasure in her life right now. Not only that, but she was willing to pay (what’d I’d consider) top dollar for this service. Seems to be lots of ebay-drop-shop-type potential here.
By the way, if you’re interested, this is how I got started with the desk-declutter project and it turned into a whole-room affair.
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