Simple living I

I while back - when I moved to my second flat i Copenhagen three years ago - I began thinking that I had too many things and that should get rid of some of them. I then did the usual going through old school papers and such and got rid of a bit of it.

Somewhat later I realised that I had things that just took up space but were never used - things such as clothing I never used, outdated reference books etc. There were also things which was being used, but still took up an inappropriate amount of space, such as cases for my then 400+ cds. I replaced them with thin plastic sleeves, that takes up less than a fifth of the space. My cds are now stored in boxes and takes less space in my tiny home. They also weigh much less which is a bonus when one, as I have been doing for some years, move once a year.

There are still too much crap in my home though. So recently I have turned my attention to my books. I have a huge old-school Lundia bookshelf, which covers one wall in my room. I have quite many book which I have bought, found and been given during the last 25 years or so. I have only ever thrown out or sold a few books, but now is the time. Some of them has to go. This decision more or less coincided with my birthday (which is now commonly known as the day when fifty-some people were killed by bombs in London). My presents included seven books - about as many as I had singled out for expulsion from my book collection. Its good books, but now I have to find more old books to get rid of.