hoarding, from the inside

[jrtom]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/07/AR2010060703807.html?sid=ST2010061104123

I do a certain amount of this, but it's mostly informational--books and computer files. (It may be a very good thing that computers, and their hard drives, don't tend to last for more than a few years--otherwise I'd still have files back to 1990, probably.)

At the same time, having Too Much Stuff stresses me the hell out, and cleaning stuff up often feels therapeutic. And while we do have a lot of books, they're all alphabetized and in categories and on shelves. (Well, the kids' books aren't, but then the kids are responsible for putting their own books away.)

Anyway, this article is an interesting perspective on hoarding, written by someone who's been doing so their whole life.

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[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

I still have software that was last compiled in 1988. :)

Edit: The actual executables, not necessarily the source code.