I only wish my physical possessions were as organized and easy to locate as my computer files. In some ways, my room is like the government warehouse in the Indiana Jones movie: unmarked boxes as far as the eye can see. At least most of my books are on shelves where I can see them. There's stuff here that I've kept since 2nd grade.
Even tho it seems like “clutter”, I’m betting everything has value and you’re just space limited(?). My ex-wife became a mega hoarder while I was overseas dodging bullets…and my homecomings were bittersweet. The difference is she became a shopaholic & threw nothing away…but her stuff wasn’t valuable. No collections involved, no memories; just loved spending all (MY) money. I have 2 storage units in 2 different States. Every item in both was inherited furniture, stuff from overseas etc but all has value and kept for my children OR in case I ever got a home of my own. Which I just have so this year I’m renting a truck, hiring my daughter to help & bringing that stuff to my new place. We get attached to THINGS, which is bad. Consumerism distracts from the important things in life, Ya know?
It's a "15" puzzle. There's room for everything to fit, but not room enough to sort through it. I need a temporary holding area. Then I can get more shelves and sort through things box by box. Many papers can be scanned and tossed. Ones I need to keep can be filed. Many of the books could be scanned and sold. I don't need the books themselves, just the information inside.
Someone once asked us when we would get everything straight. I said hopefully in time for the estate sale. :)
I have two of them. One is an Epson flatbed scanner that also does negatives. The other is an Eloam book scanner. I can toss receipts and other odd pieces of paper on the black cloth, and it can find the object, flatten it, and scan it. I can scan books, and it can find both pages and flatten them out (most of the time).
I only wish my physical possessions were as organized and easy to locate as my computer files. In some ways, my room is like the government warehouse in the Indiana Jones movie: unmarked boxes as far as the eye can see. At least most of my books are on shelves where I can see them. There's stuff here that I've kept since 2nd grade.
Even tho it seems like “clutter”, I’m betting everything has value and you’re just space limited(?). My ex-wife became a mega hoarder while I was overseas dodging bullets…and my homecomings were bittersweet. The difference is she became a shopaholic & threw nothing away…but her stuff wasn’t valuable. No collections involved, no memories; just loved spending all (MY) money. I have 2 storage units in 2 different States. Every item in both was inherited furniture, stuff from overseas etc but all has value and kept for my children OR in case I ever got a home of my own. Which I just have so this year I’m renting a truck, hiring my daughter to help & bringing that stuff to my new place. We get attached to THINGS, which is bad. Consumerism distracts from the important things in life, Ya know?
It's a "15" puzzle. There's room for everything to fit, but not room enough to sort through it. I need a temporary holding area. Then I can get more shelves and sort through things box by box. Many papers can be scanned and tossed. Ones I need to keep can be filed. Many of the books could be scanned and sold. I don't need the books themselves, just the information inside.
Someone once asked us when we would get everything straight. I said hopefully in time for the estate sale. :)
Ghaaahh haah. Great answer! I love scanners…one of the greatest office products ever. 👍🏽
I have two of them. One is an Epson flatbed scanner that also does negatives. The other is an Eloam book scanner. I can toss receipts and other odd pieces of paper on the black cloth, and it can find the object, flatten it, and scan it. I can scan books, and it can find both pages and flatten them out (most of the time).