Stuff

This is not a post about a hodgepodge of things, but a post about actual stuff. Some time in late 2009 while blog hunting (yes, I am my mother's daughter), I came across a blog on minimalism. As tends to happen in the blog world, one post on minimalism lead to as many more as I possibly could have stayed up reading.

I'm not a minimalist and probably never will be. I appreciate things and enjoy a certain level of comfort. I don't desire to live with only 100 belongings or live a monkish life. But I also feel very overwhelmed by how much stuff I have. Picking out clothes for work involves fighting coat hangers and hand bags in my closet. Putting away the dishes involves the precise placement of plates and cups to make sure nothing bursts out of the china cabinet and breaks. I simply have too much stuff. Way more than I need. And now, I've crossed a new line to way more than I want.

My quest towards minimalism probably won't involve much more than dealing with my consumption. I'm not trying to get away from the working world or move to India with just a small carry on to my name. But I would like spend the year applying what I read on these blogs to my own life in ways that make sense. I'm starting with the closet. I've given my self three months to get it under control, one step at a time.