The Story of Stuff Project
Just came across this and wanted to pass on the good work they are producing. The video on stuff is rather enlightening! There are loads of resources and a whole YouTube channel.
The Overwhelming Desire to Store Stuff!
Stuff needs a piece of me and a piece of my space! As I continue with this series on procrastination and stuff, it is worth looking at our desire to store the items we have. Free stuff especially, takes even more from you…
Banish Procrastination, one minute at a time…
We all know we have it, we can hear it sneering at us from the pile in the corner or the overstuffed drawer. It creeps in when you are not looking then slowly but surely does a small dance on the peaceful landscape of your mind. Get enough dancing thoughts and you have a…
How to Start Tackling Procrastination
Gather them, Gather them all together! It is apparent that procrastination is happening in many areas of our lives. From the visible (washing up) to the less visible (paperwork, life decisions, and ignoring the credit card bill!). However, each has it’s own measure of mental fatigue!
The Analysis of Procrastination
Are you Leaving it till later? Procrastination happens in most of our lives in various abundance and with some what of a stealth approach. It seems to sneak up and pounce on us, and before we know it we have been wrestling with it for days, weeks, and months. That warm fuzzy feeling that says in…
The Price of a Stone
Memories – Worth their weight in Gold? As I write my book, this is almost the epitome of a memory and how it can be valued. There are so many quotes and sayings to represent these ideas, but this quote best describes our stuff!
The Flow of Stuff
Look about the space you are in and look at the stuff around you. Nothing is floating around you! Your stuff has a presence in your home, and in my home that is unexplainable. It is there, it is useful and yet it is stuff. So why is it causing you and my problems?
The Weight of Stuff
Weigh Stuff Out If stuff is, as I said, memories in small containers, then those small containers are necessary – right? Lets see if we can weigh this out…
The Importance of Stuff
Our minds are filled with memories of the lives we lead. Each memory we have an attributed feeling or emotional tie and each time we think back on that memory the feelings and emotions return too. To look at it closer, your brain is storing all types of different data it is receiving from…
The Value of Stuff
We guard it, polish it, look at it, are nostalgic about it, hold onto it, fight for it, pack it away, uncover it, display it and store it. Our Stuff is really stressful! Take a look at all the things around you. They may comprise the small items you collected or the items from…