I’ve recently had to push through my stuff to tackle clutter at home. Simple things like having visitors, or getting tired of putting them off, calls my attention to my challenges. For me I think the ultimate issue is that the idea of having to potentially interact with others while I’m decluttering causes anxiety and derails me. So instead I do it in the middle of the night, like grocery shopping.

@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD #PDA #clutter #SocialAnxiety

“Why did I keep this?”

A psychologist explains that while severe hoarding can be disruptive, many people struggle with #clutter without qualifying as hoarders. https://buff.ly/4iitNPZ
#hoarding

Landsat At Work – Better Wireless Communication - National Land Cover Database (NLCD), Based On Landsat, Helps Plan Clear Signal
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-a-path-better-wireless-communication <-- shared article
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions <-- shared about Landsat
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/annual-national-land-cover-database <-- shared about NLCD
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Landsat #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #fedscience #usecase #USGS #EROS #cellphone #mobilephone #telecommunications #communications #cost #benefit #wireless #towers #antennas #landcover #landuse #NLCD #radio #frequency #siting #lineofsight #clutter #economics #risk #hazard #signal #signalquality #USA #value #returnoninvestment
@USGS @USGS_EROS

“Why did I keep this?”

A psychologist explains that while severe hoarding can be disruptive, many people struggle with #clutter without qualifying as hoarders. https://theconversation.com/decluttering-can-be-stressful-a-clinical-psychologist-explains-how-personal-values-can-make-it-easier-247171
#hoarding

Decluttered – Jenny Albertini
Decluttered is a different book that I imagined it would be. I expected a book about strategies to reduce the clutter in my home, but I got a bunch more discussion about the systems that bring clutter into our homes and the trauma that may have caused these systems as valid coping mechanisms.

https://curtismchale.ca/book/decluttered-jenny-albertini/

A quotation from Christie, Agatha:

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I sidled through the doorway. It was necessary to sidle since precariously arranged books impinged more and more every day on the passageway from the street. Inside, it was clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way around. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying and c…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/christie-agatha/73866/

If you leave weird shit on my countertop, do not be surprised if the salt and pepper shakers invoke the Ancient Rituals and open a Portal to Hell for it. It is the Way of My People. #Photography #Clutter #PortalToHell #AncientRitual

The latest release of the Cinnamon desktop is available now with a new look
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Latest-Cinnamon-Desktop-Releases-with-a-Bold-New-Look
#Linux #CinnamonDesktop #OpenSource #Clutter #GUI #LinuxMint #EndeavorOS #FOSS

Blogkino: In Cold Blood (1967)

Zur Handlung: "Kansas im November 1959: Der wegen Totschlags vorbestrafte Perry Smith und Dick Hickock planen, das Haus der Familie Clutter zu überfallen. Sie glauben, dass Mr. Clutter eine große Menge Bargeld in einem Tresor hat. Nachdem sie allmählich erkannt haben, dass es in dem Haus weder einen Tresor noch größere Mengen Bargeld gibt, tötet Smith das Ehepaar und zwei ihrer Kinder im Teenageralter. Die Leichen der Opfer werden am nächsten Tag entdeckt. Sofort beginnen die polizeilichen Ermittlungen. Der hinzugezogene Psychologe glaubt nicht an einen Raubmord – es fehlen nur ein paar Schecks, ein Radio und 43 Dollar. Die beiden Gesuchten versuchen, sich der Fahndung zu entziehen, doch als sie mit den gestohlenen Schecks bezahlen, werden sie verhaftet.

Die Polizei verhört die beiden und konfrontiert sie mit belastenden Indizien, so zum Beispiel mit einem blutigen Stiefelabdruck, der genau in das Profil der Stiefel von einem der beiden passt. Durch Verweigerung von Antworten verzögert sich das Verhör. Man behauptet, sie hätten einen Fehler gemacht und einen Zeugen hinterlassen. Zum Schluss gesteht Hickock, um einer Verurteilung zum Tode zu entgehen. Eine Gerichtsjury befindet Smith und Hickock für schuldig und verurteilt sie zum Tode durch den Strang. 1965 werden sie in #Lansing hingerichtet." #Thriller #FilmNoir In Cold Blood

"Cosily curated Japanese clutter-spaces are different. There is a meticulousness to the best of them that is on a par with the mental effort poured into simplifying something: a deliberate aesthetic decision to add, rather than subtract – sometimes mindfully, sometimes unconsciously, but always, always individually."

An Aeon #essay by Matt Alt on the #minimalism and #clutter of #Japan: https://aeon.co/essays/the-life-changing-magic-of-japanese-clutter

When we take a moment to cull our possessions to the essential, authentic items that combine elements of utility and beauty, you will find that you need fewer of them. Learn the benefits of simplifying your life:

https://mollycantrellkraig.co/how-clutter-literally-blocks-your-blessings/

Good morning, friends.

30 April 2024

My office is a mess, it looks like something out of a movie with an absent-minded professor as a character. There are cameras, old computers, and computer parts scattered everywhere. There are papers that I need to file or take some kind of action on. I have so many books in here that I've run out of space in my bookcase, and they are starting to pile up on the side of the bookcase. I tell myself to take a day and straighten it up, but it just goes on my list of things to do tomorrow because tomorrow is the perfect day to get things done. One thing that gets done, is the office gets vacuumed regularly - I have a Roomba .

“Out of clutter, find simplicity.”
- Albert Einstein

Decluttering activity of the evening: threw all the philosophy books I had in the book donation pile. Why do I have a giant pile of philosophy books? Because of ONE philosophy class in college, which I hated... eons and eons ago. Have I moved them at least 4 times? Yes. The last time I read one of them? COLLEGE. #clutter (also, you can get them all free on Project Gutenberg now, I am pretty sure).

Apparently drives like the #Seagate ST32430N I have on my desk are *being listed for* several hundred dollars on eBay and other hardware sites. I'm conflicted because I'd love to give it for free to someone who needs it but I can't wipe it without a SCSI controller and I don't know what's on it. #ewaste #clutter #oldcomputers

Let’s give a shout out and final farewell to this glorious bastard of a 1.3GB IDE drive, manufactured 1998 and still coming up with a valid Linux file system from the iptables firewall server it used to host. #clutter #ewaste #quartercentury

The great dediskening begins. I’m not interesting enough for shred so a quick /dev/random should do the trick for most, and a screwdriver for anything that doesn’t come up as a storage device. One in progress, nineteen to go while I work. #clutter #ewaste

#Introduction I’m now #retired, after a career in accounting & IT mostly at HP (& then Agilent). After that, I spent 17 years as a professional organizer, helping people with their #clutter; I was also the #editor of a local magazine.

Home: #SFBayArea (#SFBA) for 50 years
Pets: #CatsofMastodon
Faith: #Jewish #atheist
Medical stance: #CovidIsNotOver
Where I donate, in part: #FoodBanks #TransRightsAreHumanRights #AbortionRights #Mastodon