{"id":29,"date":"2008-12-07T21:36:28","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T05:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2008-12-07T21:36:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T05:36:28","slug":"nomads-dont-need-so-much-stuff-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Nomads don’t need so much stuff but…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay. It should be obvious that nomads don’t need so much stuff. But I find that the “lose the clutter and set yourself free ” \u00c2\u00a0or “organize the clutter (and still set yourself free)” kind of advice you can get is extremely uneven. And I come from a long line of packrats (and I’ve fathered another packrat but that’s another story) so I know something about trying to get rid of the clutter.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Take the case of these two examples of set-yourself-free-and-lose-the-clutter guides:\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.\u00c2\u00a0When Organizing isn’t Enough: SHED your stuff, change your life<\/a> <\/strong>by Julie Morgentstern<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0is one of those execrable self-help books that takes 250 pages to say what could be said in one well-written 20 page pamphlet.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

But, there is<\/em> a kernel of usefulness here:<\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three parts to the process: 1. SHED 2. Find your theme 3. Pick your point of Entry.<\/p>\n

SHED means: Separate the treasures,<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0H<\/strong>eave the trash,\u00c2\u00a0Embrace your identity<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0D<\/strong>rive yourself forward. The first two parts are obvious, the third part is understandable (a bit more about that below). The fourth part is a bit rah-rah contrived but if that’s what works for some people, fine.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

What is interesting is that it the shedding isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily of physical things. It can just as easily be things you do or think you have to do. And the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153embrace your identity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d part is to use this process to figure out what you are (or, more accurately, what you want to do ) so you know what it is you should shed (I think).<\/p>\n

The Find your theme<\/em> part is about finding the theme of the shedding so you have a focus for why you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing what you do. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure how this differs from the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153embrace your identity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d part but there you are. I’ll read a bit more and see if I can figure that out. The third phase (Pick your point of Entry) seems to be a kind of “name the moment” idea but I will <\/em>read a bit more of that just to see if it goes anywhere useful.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

That said, there’s no way I can read this whole thing. Like I said, it’s 250 pages to say 20 pages worth.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

2. The second example of lose-the-clutter\u00c2\u00a0advice is the complete opposite of the first: smart, quick, brief, and inspiring. So, I won’t bother going on about it, just go read\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>The Last Viridian Note \u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>by Bruce Sterling.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay. It should be obvious that nomads don’t need so much stuff. But I find that the “lose the clutter and set yourself free ” \u00c2\u00a0or “organize the clutter (and still set yourself free)” kind of advice you can get is extremely uneven. And I come from a long line of packrats (and I’ve fathered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nomads"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.digitalcobbler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}