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The Bureau

Our bedroom has one closet. The closet is barely big enough to hold L's clothes alone.

To remedy this, we had purchased a wardrobe storage closet for my clothes; two in fact. I never liked the look of these wooden portable closets in the bedroom and wanted a different option.

So I bought a bureau. I bought this bureau knowing that I would struggle to store all of my clothes in it. I bought the bureau with the goal that I would reduce my wardrobe to whatever I could fit in it, and get rid of everything else. It was my first step towards a minimalist approach to organizing my life.

I achieved the goal. I much prefer the look of having the bureau in the bedroom over the other two pieces of bloated furniture. I must also admit, I really enjoy having far less clothes.

It's amazing the amount of stuff we collect. I think it's a left over mentality from a time when things were not so easily obtainable. You held on to the things you possessed because you never knew when they could be of use.

However, in today's throw away economy, we're amassing so much stuff in our lives, that I think it affects us in a negative way. Or maybe it's just me, I tend to be a little OCD with order and cleanliness. I also believe I'm a nomad at heart, and don't like to needlessly carry a heavy sack.

I've significantly reduced the amount of possessions in my life over the past year. To the point that some of my friends wondered if they should worry. I like it. I sold things and put the money towards paying off debt. I gained piece of mind.

Going forward I have a rule. If I buy a new article of clothing, I must get rid of an equivalent article of clothing. It's that easy.

And snow in March sucks. That's all.


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