After much advertising, purchasing, and all the other strange things that go on during this holiday season, I have decided to make the absolute value of this Christmas to be negative (haha, not possible). Most years I accumulate more and more things that I have to move around and feel guilty about. This year, this will not be the case. I mostly hate stuff. Unless it proves useful on a fairly regular basis, there really is no need for it.

I am not the only person that hates stuff either. Much smarter, more accomplished business people hate it too. I highly encourage you to read that essay. There are also people that do completely without purchasing anything new! Anyways, back to the pack rat in me. I have too much stuff, as do most people in our country. So, I am proposing a Christmas Challenge, or “miracle of de-clutterification and giving”. This year, I would like to have a net outflow of possesions and goodwill. You can join me. I will be posting my triumphs and tribulations in this area throughout the month, or perhaps in one shebang at the end, tbd.

*A note about purchases that I find worth their salt: experiences, income generators, health and education-ers, and life improving gifts for my closest loved ones. I am not without spending fault. One day perhaps.


Also, I dislike the bitter cold of winter and its demotivation for being outside, but I love the sunsets. I have concluded that my bedroom view is amazing, and that my camera is a jerk for keeping the best photos from today locked up.