Are you the type to save everything you've acquired in life, leaving your home (and workspace if given the opportunity) cluttered from wall to wall, floor to roof? Nothing is thrown away, whether it's Aunt Peggy's old sewing machine, broken fishing poles, an empty plastic sour cream container or a roll of asbestos tape you used while you were an astronaut on the Apollo space program back in the 1960's.
Or do you have good storage management skills, knowing when and how to get rid of stuff. Your home (and/or office) is neat and organized, with just the bare essentials. When that storage shed out back begins to fill up, the signs go up around the neighborhood for your latest garage sale - or it's off to the local Salvation Army.
My mother is notorious for keeping just about EVERYTHING. Drives us nuts. She'll even wash and save that white styrofoam container from yesterday's plate lunch. Ack! Thankfully my aunt keeps her in check and tosses things in the rubbish when she's not looking. lol
As a condo dweller, I know all-to-well the importance of being a minimalist. It just can't be any other way with such a limited living space. I'm so lucky my girlfriend's a minimalist. She even tells ME what to throw away. The only thing I have to nag her on is her pile of SHOES. What's with you ladies and shoes? Why do you need so many? Imelda or what?
Not to say pack rats are necessarily slobs. You can be an ORGANIZED pack rat, with boxes piled in well-labeled modular stacks. Or you could be a sloppy minimalist (pretty tough to do), with that screwdriver you used to fix the garbage disposer last week still sitting next to the microwave (put it away!).
Use this thread also to discuss your methods of storage management. Plastic drawer storage bins? Used paper ream boxes from the office (modular!)? Storage facility? Garage sales? Give to charity?
Or just rant on the subject.
Or do you have good storage management skills, knowing when and how to get rid of stuff. Your home (and/or office) is neat and organized, with just the bare essentials. When that storage shed out back begins to fill up, the signs go up around the neighborhood for your latest garage sale - or it's off to the local Salvation Army.
My mother is notorious for keeping just about EVERYTHING. Drives us nuts. She'll even wash and save that white styrofoam container from yesterday's plate lunch. Ack! Thankfully my aunt keeps her in check and tosses things in the rubbish when she's not looking. lol
As a condo dweller, I know all-to-well the importance of being a minimalist. It just can't be any other way with such a limited living space. I'm so lucky my girlfriend's a minimalist. She even tells ME what to throw away. The only thing I have to nag her on is her pile of SHOES. What's with you ladies and shoes? Why do you need so many? Imelda or what?
Not to say pack rats are necessarily slobs. You can be an ORGANIZED pack rat, with boxes piled in well-labeled modular stacks. Or you could be a sloppy minimalist (pretty tough to do), with that screwdriver you used to fix the garbage disposer last week still sitting next to the microwave (put it away!).
Use this thread also to discuss your methods of storage management. Plastic drawer storage bins? Used paper ream boxes from the office (modular!)? Storage facility? Garage sales? Give to charity?
Or just rant on the subject.
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