Barry, I will admit that over the years of my decluttering I have had a few things that I gave or threw away that I later wished I had. However, what I ask myself is would I have been able to find it amongst all of the clutter to use anyway. Also, with all the time I spent moving all that clutter around trying to find things and get it organized, would I even have had the time to work on this project before anyway. I use and enjoy my space so much more now, that it definitely makes up for the few things I have missed.
Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Levine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 2:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome) > > Hi Folks, > > Well, through the humor, I've actually gotten some good ideas from the > list... At least, some good thoughts. > > I am, indeed, going to rent a dumpster, and just throw out most of what > seems like junk to me. Though, the notion that I'll need, within the next > day or week, that which I've just tossed strikes real fear in me. > > I like the thought of accumulating space, instead of stuff. > > I don't know about anyone else, but with so much clutter, lack of room to > move around the workshop, and all sorts of stuff the purpose of which I > never knew or have forgotten, I find my workshop to be a foreign and > anxiety > provoking place... Certainly not what it should be to me. > A large part of the problem is other people. Once upon a time, BC (before > children), my "nobody-allowed-in-my-workshop" rule was obeyed. Then, as > the > kids got older, there was no such thing as a "Dad only" workshop. So, the > kids invaded. Once the mote had been breached, the drawbridge was left > down > for friends, neighbors, etc. I caved, I crumbled, and somewhere along the > line, my workshop became a community workshop. > That has to stop. And, I don't care if it makes me look like a selfish > jerk. The workshop of a person who is blind needs to be left to his/her > own > organization of it. > I'm not lessening the impact of my own pack ratitis, but that pack ratitis > has been severely exacerbated by the invasion of my workshop by others. > > The simple rule of "clean up and put things back where you find them" has > never been adhered to in this workshop. I'm going to put my foot down... > I > just hope its not on a sawblade! > > > --Barry > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
