My family's Only-10-Boxes Challenge

A transferable job is a boon and a bane. One gets to live in different places, but it also means ever-changing neighbourhood and schools, besides repeated establishment of home infrastructure. As part of a sixth move (this time to the great NCR) in a period of 11 years , I just started on the job of classifying household things into "needed" / "give-away-when-usable" / "recycle". If you are a 'goal-oriented minimalist' trying to de-clutter sincerely, you will find good company in efforts such as - "How to Live With Just 100 Things". As for us, the single dominant motivating factor is the comfort that we (sincerely try to) practise anti-consumerism, and this alone should, I hope, help us meet the challenge of fitting all packable household stuff into ten 2X2X2 trunks. (I hear horror stories of some family's 75-box inventory - what a morale-booster!) For those who need inspiration to declutter, whether "physical, emotional, even temporal", "5 Steps to Clutter-Free Living" may serve as a guide. As to the present challenge, breathe easy. I'll leave an update when - and if - I complete numbering my boxes 1 to 10 (without having to insert the likes of 1a, 5j, 10z....)

(originally posted: July 08, 2008)
(Fixed broken links June 08, 2021) 


Comments

  1. Indrani08 July, 2008

    So? All set to move out??

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  2. Kat10 July, 2008

    My wife is a product of Avinashilingam Home Science,
    specialising in Home mgt. Recently I was wading thro' the thousands
    of articles n items she has collected, preserved and hidden in
    all possible nook and corner of our little home... was grinding my
    teeth. Have written to the university asking for the syllabus
    in Home mgt, to understand what exactly is their take on such
    matters :-)

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  3. Swarna10 July, 2008

    Indrani..sort of getting prepared.
    Kat..thanks for visiting. Home management is as much an art as a science! Do share the syllabus with us when you get it :)

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  4. Kat12 July, 2008

    Smart reply.. I liked that :-)

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  5. Anonymous12 July, 2008

    Good luck :)

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