Kingdom of Knuffel

Amura wrote:@memoriam:
If you ever get rid of old caravan spares, well, think of The Police's song: I'll be watching you

Haha, for sure For now I only have Winged Crowns on Asherin, but I might go through the other items and just give up on them. They take a lot of space

We should study how many extroverts join sites such as KofK.
Probably not many, why would they? It's better outside, talking to RL people!


@memoriam:
I can't help thinking of Marie Kondo

Now you mention it, I feel like there were a lot more extroverts on forums when I started going on the Internet like 15 years ago.
Or at least I met a few. Now though ...

Maybe the extroverts are on more on more mainstream social media?

That being said, using Marie Kondo's methods to declutter my inventory could be a very good idea.
I've tried to declutter my whole room during the pandemic but going through the process of selling/donating things is tiring me in advance.

Maybe they were here because it was another way more to socialize.
Now the social media apps are faster (even instant!) and allow you to share plenty of stuff about yourself, so I guess only those of us who don't mind smaller doses of socialization are still on forums.
It could be.


I'm not into Kondo's ideas actually. I have a quite minimalistic approach to life but I don't do decluttering marathons, they are not my jam.
And it would be hard to implement here because there is not such a thing as a bin where you can throw it all away.

I have big bins to throw everything away but I just can't throw away things that are perfectly usable.

More than decluttering (because I don't buy things that don't spark joy or whatever it is she says) it was more of a getting rid of clothes that don't fit me anymore, of books that I read once and won't read anymore and of trying to find a way to display the tickets/postcards/various small things I got from my last travels.

That's an off. Shame on your parents

I've been on the move must of my adult life, so I've got used to not buying things unless I really want them. Joy or not, because practical matters are important to me.
Also cleaning is much simpler if you don't have too much stuff!

I keep plenty of stuff I don't use much, or just in case. Why not? I don't see why some gurus are so against it.
What imho makes a difference is getting rid of stuff you really won't use it, and you know it but don't want to accept it because it means some kind of defeat for you. Such as the sports gear you never used -because it's not a magical device to change your lifestyle- or the fancy pot that weights a ton -a you can't bother to move it from its place- or the newest device that you did not need to start with -but you spent a lot of money in.

Amura wrote:I can't help thinking of Marie Kondo

Are you talking about the "This one sparks joy. This one does not." method? (๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)

I'm a hoarder lmao, I can't declutter for shit, whether that be physically or virtually. (￣▽￣)

And I'm not a terribly social person; I've got three good friends I meet occasionally for movies and meals (before COVID, obviously) and that's all I need. (✿◡‿◡)

Yeah, that very same method.
I read her book a few years ago, and it was so... Japanese.
I can't really understand why people all over the world think it's something you can apply to everybody. For me it seemed very narrow.
I do get "it sparks joy" but still sounds a bit too posh


Virtual clutter is harder to get rid of imho. Because it does not take an obvious physical space it's harder to notice.
Think of now everything being on a vitual "cloud". It must require thousands of servers but, hey, they are not in your house so you don't notice them.