November 8, 2025 3:02 PM
purge
I was at dinner with some friends, and I was telling them about how I'm trying to use up every ingredient in my kitchen. It seems like I've been trying to do this for the past two years, but now I'm being really diligent about not buying anything that will last more than a couple of weeks.
So you're trying to Marie Kondo your kitchen?
I'm trying to Marie Kondo my life.
Some people tend to hoard things, but I have the opposite problem: I just want to get rid of my possessions. Every time I obtain something new, I worry about how I'm going to have to dispose of it one day. It just feels bad to put something in the trash because I feel so wasteful. So I'm trying to donate as much as possible. I had a bunch of board games, and I asked my family if anyone wanted them, and most of them were claimed within minutes. I recently dropped off a bunch of clothes at a clothing swap, and it made me so happy to see people pick up my clothes and take them. That's the best outcome, knowing that someone else wants the things I want to get rid of. I even jumped on the opportunity to give away my couch to someone because they were interested and willing to pick it up themselves.
I want to own only enough so I can fit everything in my car. And while I'm pretty sure I have much less stuff than the average person, it's still kind of hard for me to get rid of something I've owned for years that I never use today.
Like my foam PlayStation DDR pads. I've had these since middle school. The last time I touched them was during the start of the pandemic and after someone told me I was making their ceiling shake, I figured I should stop trying to play on them. So they've just been sitting in my apartment, and I haven't had the heart to throw them away.
Well, I finally did decide that it was time to get rid of them, and then Dan had the idea of turning them into costumes. I thought it was a great idea, but I'm not crafty. Luckily I have a friend who is very crafty and he offered to costume-ify the DDR pads. It was pretty incredible and I'm so glad the pads were briefly given a new life.
