by wwm | Jun 11, 2020 | Old Drafts, Uncategorized
Mini storage, self-storage, storage units – whatever you call it, it’s big business in the United States. Renting a storage unit usually involves a psychological trade-off. “I’ll put this stuff in this little locked building, and then I...
by wwm | May 28, 2020 | Old Drafts, Uncategorized
Pretty much all of our photos / movies that we’re currently taking are digital. Most people have a ton of photos on their phone, and a number of people are even digitizing their old photos / movies so that they can “future proof” their memories. This...
by wwm | May 26, 2020 | Old Drafts, Uncategorized
There’s nothing wrong with being sentimental or having positive sentimental attachments to stuff. (Insert pause to give you time to jeer and throw rotten fruit. Got that out of the way now? Good!) The problem is that too many of us have what I would consider an...
by wwm | Apr 1, 2020 | Old Drafts, Uncategorized
I just got an email with a subject line of “Today is the day!” For a split second, I was a little excited. It’s always nice when “today is the day” for something fun. When it’s the day for Christmas, or the day to start vacation, or...
by wwm | Jan 1, 2000 | Old Drafts, Uncategorized
I’ve pretty much always known I needed to “get organized”. I was a messy kid and I’m still a somewhat-messy adult. Back in 2006, I was still solidly mired in my packrat’s nest of clutter when I stumbled upon a book by a guy named Don...
by wwm | Jan 1, 2000 | Old Drafts, Uncategorized
Landfills aren’t particularly glamorous, but understanding how they work is a huge part of living a simpler, decluttered life. Most people have this vision of a landfill as a place where their stuff goes, decomposes, and eventually “returns to the...
