Catching Up
Since probably the 1980s I have been accmulating.
It started in 1988 when my woman friend at the time commented my limited belongings indicated I was not the settle-down type (or something like that). I might have been better off if I hadn't listened.
I did have the start of a small CD collection and had boxes of 45 rpm records. However, I had a limited number of kitchen utensils and dishes. At the time I felt that Corningware was all I needed.
After we broke-up, I questioned whether I should pursue more domestic belongings. So I purchased furniture and dishes. When I had to move I got rid of the furniture but kept the dishes.
Yet the bug persisted...and in my new place, new furniture...then moved again.
And years later, moved again and kept most of the furniture.
Meanwhile...added books to the list of things to accumulate.
Then: laser discs, records, clothes, 16mm films, photos, DVDs, Blurays, movie posters, glass slides.
I did stop buying furniture and also dishes in the last decade or so, even gave up on a few furniture items. Marisa and I stopped going to thrift stores and book and record sales. The daily boxes from on-line purchases has slowed: fewer books records, 16mm films and photos.
The fact is: I have enough of all these things to do all sorts of interesting projects.
Now it is time to catch up. Very limited purchases should be expected. There is more emphasis on storage and consolidation.
For one thing, I am attempting to organize my photos for research purposes and also eventually do the same with personal photos.
I have a "tower" book case I want to use for DVDs instead of stacking them on any spare surface. So want to build that before the end of the year.
LPs...I have a stack of boxes in my office I need to take to the basement. There simply is no room but I might be able to integrate some into my office storage eventually as I weed out and organize.
I am going to try to not buy any old photos again by diverting my time searchiing for photos to researchiing on the photos I already own.
16mm films: I need to consolidate and store properly.
What drives this? Part of it is a natural evolution, but the other is just mere space. I tried to innovate a storage solution for my LPs that was unstable and nearly got crushed by a tipped stack of LP boxes in the past week! Now is the time to reap the harvest of my accumulations and to avoid the pitfalls.
I may even find ways to reduce what I own, but I have to do so without regret.
The other thing is budget. Trying to maintain what I own costs money. When its new...not a problem, but now things start wearing out or need replacing. The things we need are the things what restore and renovate what we have, not new things. So more money has to go there than getting new stuff.
It started in 1988 when my woman friend at the time commented my limited belongings indicated I was not the settle-down type (or something like that). I might have been better off if I hadn't listened.
I did have the start of a small CD collection and had boxes of 45 rpm records. However, I had a limited number of kitchen utensils and dishes. At the time I felt that Corningware was all I needed.
After we broke-up, I questioned whether I should pursue more domestic belongings. So I purchased furniture and dishes. When I had to move I got rid of the furniture but kept the dishes.
Yet the bug persisted...and in my new place, new furniture...then moved again.
And years later, moved again and kept most of the furniture.
Meanwhile...added books to the list of things to accumulate.
Then: laser discs, records, clothes, 16mm films, photos, DVDs, Blurays, movie posters, glass slides.
I did stop buying furniture and also dishes in the last decade or so, even gave up on a few furniture items. Marisa and I stopped going to thrift stores and book and record sales. The daily boxes from on-line purchases has slowed: fewer books records, 16mm films and photos.
The fact is: I have enough of all these things to do all sorts of interesting projects.
Now it is time to catch up. Very limited purchases should be expected. There is more emphasis on storage and consolidation.
For one thing, I am attempting to organize my photos for research purposes and also eventually do the same with personal photos.
I have a "tower" book case I want to use for DVDs instead of stacking them on any spare surface. So want to build that before the end of the year.
LPs...I have a stack of boxes in my office I need to take to the basement. There simply is no room but I might be able to integrate some into my office storage eventually as I weed out and organize.
I am going to try to not buy any old photos again by diverting my time searchiing for photos to researchiing on the photos I already own.
16mm films: I need to consolidate and store properly.
What drives this? Part of it is a natural evolution, but the other is just mere space. I tried to innovate a storage solution for my LPs that was unstable and nearly got crushed by a tipped stack of LP boxes in the past week! Now is the time to reap the harvest of my accumulations and to avoid the pitfalls.
I may even find ways to reduce what I own, but I have to do so without regret.
The other thing is budget. Trying to maintain what I own costs money. When its new...not a problem, but now things start wearing out or need replacing. The things we need are the things what restore and renovate what we have, not new things. So more money has to go there than getting new stuff.