Emperor Megas
05-29-2011, 10:32 PM
I've been on a cleaning kick this and the past weekend. It takes me days to clean/organize something that it would take my other half a few hours, tops, to. I think it's because I'm wired to over-analyze, so I organize things as I go rather than presort then organize after.
It takes a little longer than I like, but it's always a good time when I finally get things sorted out because I have a better idea of what I have/don't have in my collection that I may have forgotten about, or put in the back of my mind. I've been clearing out a lot of superfluous acquisitions lately, mainly things that I got for free, or in mixed lots, and making a few pleasant discoveries as well. We have a huge garage sale every 4th of July which I unload DVDs and a few games at; typically whatever games don't sell on eBay (there's an Independence Day parade and vender booths in town every year close to our house).
In any event, for those of you who have totes and boxes and crates, and especially loose shit overflowing in closets and corners, now's a great time to sort all of that stuff out. It's summer, which is peak yard/garage sale time, and even eBay and Craigslist season, since kids are out of school and have grass cutting money to blow. You never know, you might just unearth something interesting that's worth talking about that you didn't remember you had.
Your homework assignment is to sort through your collection. Organize the stuff you wanna keep, and get an empty box and fill it with everything that you have no use for, and get rid of it. Maybe take a picture of the refuse lot for kicks, if it's a lot of stuff. Even if it's stuff you deem unsellable, I guarantee there's someone willing to take it off your hands for shipping. Quality always trumps quantity (for non-completests); I promise you'll feel better about your collection once you do a little weeding.
It takes a little longer than I like, but it's always a good time when I finally get things sorted out because I have a better idea of what I have/don't have in my collection that I may have forgotten about, or put in the back of my mind. I've been clearing out a lot of superfluous acquisitions lately, mainly things that I got for free, or in mixed lots, and making a few pleasant discoveries as well. We have a huge garage sale every 4th of July which I unload DVDs and a few games at; typically whatever games don't sell on eBay (there's an Independence Day parade and vender booths in town every year close to our house).
In any event, for those of you who have totes and boxes and crates, and especially loose shit overflowing in closets and corners, now's a great time to sort all of that stuff out. It's summer, which is peak yard/garage sale time, and even eBay and Craigslist season, since kids are out of school and have grass cutting money to blow. You never know, you might just unearth something interesting that's worth talking about that you didn't remember you had.
Your homework assignment is to sort through your collection. Organize the stuff you wanna keep, and get an empty box and fill it with everything that you have no use for, and get rid of it. Maybe take a picture of the refuse lot for kicks, if it's a lot of stuff. Even if it's stuff you deem unsellable, I guarantee there's someone willing to take it off your hands for shipping. Quality always trumps quantity (for non-completests); I promise you'll feel better about your collection once you do a little weeding.