It seemed like a good idea at 8:30 p.m.
I spent hours tonight deleting old files and attempting to organize things.
I've got the same stuff saved in a billion places, and I have other stuff that isn't saved at all, and tomorrow I'm going to grab the (newly-organized and redundancy-free) external hard drive, hook it up to my new laptop, burn all the shit to DVDs, and then delete it all from the old desktop computer.
I can't stand the thought that my stuff isn't all in one place, and I know that's the OCD talking, but I'm beyond caring. It makes me happy to be organized.
I also deleted a TON of music. I mean, really, when did I ever think I would listen to Xzibit? (In all honesty, I got a lot of the stuff back when it was a lot easier to get free music and just never bothered to figure out if it was stuff I'd actually enjoy listening to. But seriously. Xzibit??)
And lastly, I deleted a bunch of old emails and old reminders of people that I don't associate with anymore. I expected it to be more cathartic than it was.
Honestly, I felt more of a jolt when I didn't move [THAT GUY THAT BROKE MY HEART]'s number into my new cell phone than when I deleted his contact information from the computer. All I felt tonight was relief that I wouldn't have to remember another birthday.
I've got the same stuff saved in a billion places, and I have other stuff that isn't saved at all, and tomorrow I'm going to grab the (newly-organized and redundancy-free) external hard drive, hook it up to my new laptop, burn all the shit to DVDs, and then delete it all from the old desktop computer.
I can't stand the thought that my stuff isn't all in one place, and I know that's the OCD talking, but I'm beyond caring. It makes me happy to be organized.
I also deleted a TON of music. I mean, really, when did I ever think I would listen to Xzibit? (In all honesty, I got a lot of the stuff back when it was a lot easier to get free music and just never bothered to figure out if it was stuff I'd actually enjoy listening to. But seriously. Xzibit??)
And lastly, I deleted a bunch of old emails and old reminders of people that I don't associate with anymore. I expected it to be more cathartic than it was.
Honestly, I felt more of a jolt when I didn't move [THAT GUY THAT BROKE MY HEART]'s number into my new cell phone than when I deleted his contact information from the computer. All I felt tonight was relief that I wouldn't have to remember another birthday.