What is it about old books that are so hard to throw away?
I have zero space in my office for the various papers, file folders, and other miscellaneous items that come across my desk. They either end up in stacks on the floor or they fall off of my desk because there is no more real estate.
I also have books I have not touched in years, and yet the thought of throwing them away just doesn't sit right with me.
Medically speaking, we're probably bordering on an OCD diagnosis or a mental condition that could land me on the television series, "Hoarding."
Honestly, it's not that bad, but it is time to clean house in my office and purge myself of books that are just dead weight. Even though it's hard, it also feels kind of good to scale back. Who knows? Maybe I will now read some of those books that have made the grade.
The new year is coming. It is time to purge some of the old stuff in our lives that is no longer valuable, or that keeps us from being as productive as we can be. We like to hold on to old things (possessions, memories, attitudes, et. al.) because they have sentimental value, but there comes a time to purge and return to the essentials that we need in life.
Everything else is just dead weight.
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