Stuff

We are doing a fair amount of un-cluttering these days at the Hobbled Household. The Hobbled Wife is unloading tons of stuff - and I need to buckle-down myself.

I enjoy getting rid of stuff - it's a liberating experience.

Here's a timely essay about stuff by Paul Graham:

And unless you're extremely organized, a house full of stuff can be very depressing. A cluttered room saps one's spirits. One reason, obviously, is that there's less room for people in a room full of stuff. But there's more going on than that. I think humans constantly scan their environment to build a mental model of what's around them. And the harder a scene is to parse, the less energy you have left for conscious thoughts. A cluttered room is literally exhausting.

Hat tip - the Unclutterer.