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It's so much easier to clean up a place if you don't have a lot of stuff.  And your place just seems neater and more organized.  Just keep the essentials.  Give away what you don't need or want to the needy or your family and friends and throw away what no one would want.

You're right there Venny!  Materialism often leads to an excess of clutter, which does not measure up on the Rén Shui compass!

I pretty much said all I really had to say on the matter in my Dudespaper article:  http://dudespaper.com/ren-shui-the-art-of-tying-your-room-together.html/.

Strike that perfect balance for easy living!

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Exactly!  Great article by the way!  And cool graph.

I'm sorry but I'm a dedicated Post-Minimalist. I love the piles of junk all around my house.

Yeah, well, I'd love to practice what I preach (not that's it's really preaching, just hypohesising), but I too am in a clutter zone.  It doesn't help that I live with a another slob who's big on hording.

Wheat and chaff are two concepts I've not been bothered to explore in a loooong while.  So sue me, I'm lazy

at first glance, the piles of clothes in my room may look like clutter, but you will soon find out that they are actually comfortable seating

Quote from: RevWade on April 02, 2010, 11:45:14 AM
at first glance, the piles of clothes in my room may look like clutter, but you will soon find out that they are actually comfortable seating

That reminds me of the scene in Ghostbusters II where Peter Venkman comments about his dirty clothes and says something to the effect of, just hang this out the window for ten to fifteen minutes, it'll be good as new.

Dudes, amazing topic! Very Christian, very Franciscan... I myself have almost nothing, still I feel like it's too much, so gonna have a big cleanout next week and throw/ give as much shit as posible! Makes your mind easy...

I like how it's left open, you can take that in so many different ways.

You know, it can really free your mind having not a lot of stuff. How many times it happens that you dig trough your stuff and find things you actually forgot! I say: throw 'em away, give 'em to the needy or sell it and give the money to the poor or charity, that would be quite a dude thing to do!
Every religion has this "don't own or get attached to stuff" factor. I think it fits dudeism.

Quote from: venicer on April 02, 2010, 12:30:15 PM
....That reminds me of the scene in Ghostbusters II where Peter Venkman comments about his dirty clothes and says something to the effect of, just hang this out the window for ten to fifteen minutes, it'll be good as new.

Isn't there another quote something along the lines of there not just being clean and dirty but many grades in between.

Quote from: meekon5 on April 06, 2010, 06:14:21 AM

Quote from: venicer on April 02, 2010, 12:30:15 PM
....That reminds me of the scene in Ghostbusters II where Peter Venkman comments about his dirty clothes and says something to the effect of, just hang this out the window for ten to fifteen minutes, it'll be good as new.

Isn't there another quote something along the lines of there not just being clean and dirty but many grades in between.

Yeah!  That's right before he says the other line.  Good call.

I , myself, as one entity, have only the bare essentials. My books, a tv/dvd...some kitchen stuff. Photos and momentos are compacted into two large plastic bins, in the closet.

MY TWO KIDS HOWEVER...good Maude above. They've taken over!

stuff is good .......personally i think its totally an individual thing......i personally like having stuff because its stuff i like and also if i have lots of stuff then i can share it with my friends

check this out dudes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac
george carlin talking about "stuff"