Moving up and moving on

So I'm taking a break from cleaning my room (a long overdue chore!) I've been sorting through a box that has moved with me from my one apartment on campus to the other apartment (Dec 2004) to my current apartment (July 2005). So here it is, November of 2006, almost 2 years since the first move, and the stuff has been sitting in this enormous box for me to trip over everytime I try to get into my room. It's an odd assortment of old papers, lists of books I'd like to read, some Psalty and Colby cassette tapes from my childhood, random hair ties and what seems like millions of double A's that are long since dead. Kind of funny to think about, since most of this stuff did have a use at one point in time, and was "needed", or I wouldn't have purchased it in the first place. And now, especially since it's a bunch of little things in the bottom of the box, it seems like useless clutter, and I'm tempted to through the lot of it out the window for the garbageman to carry away. But I will continue to sift through - I'm telling myself to just put away one thing at a time, and then before I know it, it will be done! I will say though, I did discover somethings I thought I had lost forever, so it is exciting to know that I can still find them and use them. Thought I'm kicking myself, because it's so close, yet so far!

I guess it's good to do this sorting at the beginning of the holiday season, so I won't be as tempted by all those ads touting stuff you "must" have, or else you will cease to exist. Speaking of ads, I really don't like that Nextel ad with the blinking cell phones. On the one hand, it's semi-clever, though on the other hand, it's just REALLY annoying, especially when they take the picture of the deer. Sorry, random side note. Back to the point. So it's good I'm doing this right before the mass consumerism pushed on us at Christmas. And I'm trying to get rid of things that are past their useful lifespan, but that I really want to hold on to. Like that really comfy t-shirt with ragged edges that I've had since the 90's (late 90's, but okay, that was a decade ago - yikes!) And why exactly do I need 25 of (insert your favorite toy here)? So my new motto is "less is more". Except of course, when it comes to violets :)