Sell -> Out
February 21st, 2004 byI sold my TV and DVD player today. Feels good… two things I don’t have to deal with anymore. Two fewer things (two less things?) to carry around, pack up and move, worry about, care about, or think about. I like the idea of lightening my load. I have a lot of stuff. Most of which I do actually use on a regular basis. Plenty that I don’t. I hope to soon have my belongings reduced to where I can fit them into a car. Not a suburban, a Jetta. Better yet, a GTI.
You know, in a new jetta, you can put down the back seat and, if you’re shortish (170cm or so) you can sleep there in relative comfort. If I can fit all my belongings in the back seat and trunk of a jetta and still sleep there I’ll be happy. A few changes of clothes, sleeping bag, some camera gear, laptop, a few favorite dvds and some basic stuff like toothbrushes and mouthwash. Imagine that; imagine having so little to worry about. I can imagine it. I makes me smile just thinking about it.
I’m too much of a movie hound to give up TV or a DVD entirely. I didn’t get rid of them for philosophical reasons. I don’t believe TV rots your brain (unless you don’t know how to change a channel) I simply traded out three objects (laptop, tv and dvd player) for one object (abetter laptop that can take care of all three functions). Less stuff to take care of, less stuff to cart around. Streamlined livin’. Makes it that much easier to get out.