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SOME HIGHER THOUGHTS ON ORDER AND THE ACCUMULATION OF STUFF

"Organized people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want."

               - Albert Einstein

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.  It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."
       
            - E. F. Schumacher

"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."
       
                    - A. A. Milne

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THERE IS A TIME
FOR EVERYTHING

and a season for every purpose under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die,

       a time to plant and a time to uproot,

              a time to kill and a time to heal,

                     a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

       a time to mourn and a time to dance,

              a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

                            a time to search and a time to give up,

   a time to keep

       and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

       a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

       a time for war and a time for peace.

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                                                                                      - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

JERRY SEINFELD ON TRASHIFICATION

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"All things on earth only exist in different stages of becoming garbage."

CLASSIC GEORGE CARLIN AND HIS STUFF

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"That's the whole meaning of life . . . trying to find a place for your stuff."

VEGGIE TALES

MADAME BLUEBERRY

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A lesson for children on being thankful for what we have, rather than craving more

ENJOY THIS SHORT STORY

by Ann Patchett at The New Yorker
about her process of parting with possessions.

It's an enjoyable read, also read aloud by the author in a 41-minute audio clip
 
HOW TO PRACTICE


by Ann Patchett
March 1, 2021
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