Drowning in Clutter

October 21, 2007 at 12:16 pm nathan118 12 comments

How do you tackle the clutter problem?

I’m talking about the countless number of papers and odds and ends that seem to cover every inch of available desk space. The 15 different chargers to recharge the 15 different electronic devices that all have different connectors. I’ve thrown away everything I can, yet I’ve still got crap on the desk! It’s amazing.

So what’s your system? I’m talking all things clutter…bills, coupons, random junk, you name it. How do you keep things straight?

Misc random junk

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Written by Angelo about 4 years ago.

Mail: when it comes it sort, junk goes instantly in the trash bills go into a bill pile, pay them and toss them in a box.

Bills: E-BILL! Mostly everything I have for a bill (exception is the water/trash) comes electronically

Chargers/Cables: are getting better as more devices are using the wonderful mini usb cable which allows us to use only one cable. though there are still those oddball connectors… i try to hide most of them by using retractable cables but there still are others that happen.

Laundry: just do it and do it frequently!
Written by kurtiigeek about 4 years ago.

I haven’t solved that problem. But I try to keep most everything digital if possible. I also am getting in the routine of doing laundry often and then putting it away rather than throwing it on my chair.
Written by Trento about 4 years ago.

I constantly throw things away. I definitely get this from my dad. Sometimes its not good because its important stuff. My motto is, I’ll throw away a hole drawer of stuff if I cant tell you whats in it.
Written by nathan118 about 4 years ago.

Yah, I started to throw a bunch of junk away. It went something like this.

“Ooooh a stock pentium 4 heatsink/fan! Never used! I might be able to get $5 for it on ebay!”

And then realized it was easier to throw it away than bother putting it on ebay. haha. Also, no person in this day and age should have more than 1 s-video cable, and even that might be one too many. Same goes for video cables to video game systems you no longer own, and floppy drives and their cables. You will never ever use it again. TRASH IT! haha.
Written by Andrew about 4 years ago.

I’ve got a little cupboard that I’ve stuffed a lot of junk in and I’ve got an old motherboard box crammed full of computer loose ends (anybody need 4 loud 80mm case fans?) that needs to go in the trash. I usually let it build up on my desk for a while and then just go through it all at once. Clutter doesn’t bother me too much, but it seems to drive the wife nuts so have to keep it acceptable.

I’ve also been doing a lot better with receipts. Gas receipts get logged for MPG and thrown away. Other receipts are saved for about a week in case I need to make adjusts or split transactions in Yodlee, which is really really awesome and I’m going to post about it soon.
Written by Angelo about 4 years ago.

i remember your fascination with svideo cables and switchers back at the old house… IIRC you had the longest S-Video cable in the world running from the bedroom to the living room and then into a switch box and they were ALL GOLD PLATED!!!

Man S-Video really does suck aompared to all digital and HDMI!
Written by nathan118 about 4 years ago.

The first dvd player in the house was the p3 450, which even then wasn’t that good at playing dvds. I bought a hollywood mpeg2 card (can’t even remember the exact name) to help decode the mpeg!

I went from 6 motherboard boxes to 3 in only 1 day!
Written by jason parks about 4 years ago.

Nathan, Call my sister, the queen of organization.
seriously. that’s her passion, and she’s off.
Written by Denise about 4 years ago.

First, Lindsay will come to your house and personally organize it.

Second, you could organize like me. If its paper, file it. If it’s not, get a cute cheap box from Ikea to store it in and put a cute label on. Never never never throw anything away. I give this advice knowing I own nothing of a computery, technical nature. I throw all that stuff onto Paul’s desk.
Written by amy about 4 years ago.

by the way, how long have you been living in sri lanka?
Written by nathan118 about 4 years ago.

About a week or so.

I think it’s about time I moved again.
Written by kurtiigeek about 4 years ago.

Found this on the front page of Digg. 15 decluttering tips.
http://zenhabits.net/2007/10/15-great-decluttering-tips/

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