A lot of people tell me they have problems getting rid of things for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s too overwhelming to find a starting point. Naturally items to which we are strongly attached emotionally will pose more of…
Category: True Confessions
Nature Hates a Void
A short time ago I was tidying up some things in my bathroom for a party I was hosting. I decided to remove some things from one of the open shelves to make sure nothing got accidentally bumped off by my…
Making Space
When I selected “The Deletist” to be the name of my blog, I had a minor concern that people might think I was all about destruction. However the message of The Deletist is not about destroying things, but rather emphasizes…
Technology Transitions
After my unanticipated dunk in the lake with my smartphone (available here), the rice did not work as well as I had originally thought. Thankfully all the data was restored and accessible, but the camera never worked again. Selecting the camera…
Go Jump in a Lake
Friday evening, while enjoying a pre-dinner glass of wine, I had the misfortune to tumble into a lake with my phone in my dress pocket. erp. To be fair, it wasn’t because I was tipsy. The dock post on which I was…