Nope, I’d rather get rid of stuff than pack it. Don’t get me wrong, I love my possessions just as much as the next guy. I don’t desire to be Spartan for noble reasons. I’d rather have less stuff because it’s simpler. Less things to clean up, less things to put away, less things to find places for, less stuff to keep me from finding the other stuff that I really want to find. It’s easier to have less.

For example, I’d rather have three pots, a big wooden spoon and two cookbooks rather than all the crazy kitchen stuff we’ve got. Of course, I do like some of my kitchen stuff, but there are probably only one dozen things in the kitchen that I use most of the time. The rest, I could do without and improvise when I really needed them.

Jenn, on the other hand, has been really good at packing. The last few days, I’ve been cooking the meals (like I normally do) going to get boxes and stacking filled boxes to the spare room. I love Rubbermaid™ totes. We’ve got at least a dozen of the 68ℓ ones, plus some others and some other plastic/rubber boxes. It makes me feel really good to see them all stacked up so neatly.

Anyways (archaic,) lesson from the post… “Sounds like someone’s working for their car. Simplify, man!”

For Richard, I added a link to Rubbermaid and corrected the spelling.