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Simplification

By Athar Khan

Since the last post, we’ve been eliminating as much excess stuff as possible. We had no need for a patio chair so it was sold via Craigslist. Other items that have “left” the apartment one way or another include shoes (even new, unworn ones), clothes, CDs, papers, and electronics.

I’ve also been working on consolidating electronics wherever possible. A couple of examples: Instead of a a 500GB NAS, a 300GB NAS, and a 300GB USB Drive, we now have one mirrored 2TB Firewire 800 drive. Similarly, instead of a router, an ethernet switch, and two WDS repeaters, we now have a single 802.11n router.

I’ve also been conducting an experiment — i.e. I will not wear anything twice unless everything in the closet has been worn once. And, if there are clothes that I hesitate to wear (because they are ill-fitting, need repair, or simply because I don’t like them,) then they don’t belong in my closet. Basically, the premise is that if I can’t wear it to work or on the weekend, I don’t need it. This helped identify a bunch of clothes that needed alteration — some were too big (yaay!), and others were (sadly) too tight. Either way, they are now being fixed or discarded.

All in all, I think we’re getting closer to leading simpler and more enjoyable lives.

Full post as published by Atharkhan on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).