Pack Rats

One simple rule as a young single adult. If you haven't used an item all year and have no immediate plans to use it, then toss it in the dumpster and acquire a new one if you ever do need it. 

The desire to retain loads of crap stems from the feeling that one day this item will be vitally important to my survival, and because I did not keep it, it will cost me money to replace it at some point in the future. So, a pack rat feels as if they are saving money by keeping all kinds of useless junk, but in reality there is a great expense to keeping valueless stuff. 

Perhaps I should consider being an entrepreneur. I could start a service-based business where I come over and throw out everything in your house that looks like trash to me.

I was telling someone about my philosophy on being a pack rat, and I mentioned that I threw out my missionary plaque awhile back. They thought this was a bit extreme. Still, somehow I have two to three boxes of books in my parent's basement right now. Someday, these will go on bookshelves in my house and rarely be touched. Am I a pack rat?

The Long Night is Over

I haven't posted for a long time. A couple people have told me that they read my blog. I should be scared into taking this thing private; instead, I will post more from my mediocre mind to appease the masses.

The school year is over. I'm off to Seattle to work for the summer. The position is very exciting, so I can't wait to get started. 

I've determined that one of my pet peeves in life has to do with final exams. A couple of weeks ago, I heard an unbearable amount of whining about finals from students. In truth, that week is a lot of work, and it usually isn't just exams that causes panic attacks. Clean checks, moving, end-of-semester projects, and final exams themselves all push together. I really can see where it is a challenging week, but no one is impressed. College students as a whole have the best lives imaginable. Where a lot of people have extremely stressful, busy weeks every week except two weeks out of the year (without i-pods, laptops, etc), college students have extremely good lives with a few rough weeks a year. Most college students have more vacation than any other group of people in the world given their quality of life. So, in short, muscle through your difficult seven days or so and be on with it. 

Hmmm...did that sound harsh? I'm going to let it stand.