There’s something I need to admit to: I’m an intellectual packrat.
Let me explain.
I have a very hard time “throwing away” information, be it useless Simpsons quotes embedded in my brain, random files and images saved in my home directory, or countless open browser tabs on my desktop. My home office is littered with paperwork that desperately needs to be thrown away. I keep it all (I think) under the impression that, the moment I get rid of something (close down a browser window, toss a gas receipt), the information contained therein will be demanded of me the very next moment. Don’t know why I do it and I’m not quite sure how to stop.
For instance, here’s the queue of waiting blog entries that I’ve, for one reason or another, never completed:
I hereby declare an internal righteous struggle against the vile forces of information overload. By the end of the year, I wish to have no more than 3 browser winows open at a time, a clean home directory, and a minimal queue of blog entries awaiting my attention.
We’ll see how I do.
