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?