November 2007
Beginner
190 pages
8h 3m
English
CLUTTER IS A DEMOTIVATING ENERGY sapper. Every couple of months, when my desk gets stacked high with papers, gadgets, and periodicals, and my office floor has accumulated piles of books and packages, I conduct an area sweep collecting the things I don’t have an obvious need for. Mostly I throw them in the trash or donate them.
But I don’t get rid of everything. Some of the things I come across seem to plead for a second chance at being useful: “Save me! One day you’ll be glad you did.” These go into a plastic bin I keep in my storage shed.
What kind of things do I put in my spare parts bin? Anything that seems like it might come in handy one day: toys with electric motors, little speakers, ...