Kerch's posts & Organizing Kerch on 25 Feb 2007 08:32 am
Changing Buying Habits
Leslie sent me a note yesterday suggesting I check out this book: A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder–How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place by Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman
Actually, I wrote about the project here when there was something about the project in the NYT in December of last year. I don’t think the book was available then. But maybe I just didn’t look for it. Anyway…
Leslie sent me a link to the book at Amazon. OOOH, the temptation to BUY something new that most certainly will fix all my problems. (NOT!) But that same evaluation of year end expenses that I talked about yesterday shows me just how much I did spend on random stuff I didn’t really need. I gotta get that under control.
So I thank Benjamin Franklin for invention the public library. And I thank the Baltimore County Library System for having the greatest online system for finding books in their system. I know they HAVE the book in stock and I know it’s checked out. So I’ll wait until it comes back (the due date is also public) and then I’ll go get it.
Thanks for your continuing poke at me to keep working on this project. I guess, in the end, that’s what friends are for!
on 25 Feb 2007 at 12:04 pm 1.Leslie said …
Another great advantage to not acquiring more stuff (including my beloved books!) is that you don’t have to feed it. You don’t have to store it or heat it or move it or pile it. None of that!
As you have always said to me: Learn to appreciate without owning!
-Leslie