Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole.

Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by wallflower on Friday February 13, 2009 @09:27AM (#479859)

I remember reading a book about de-cluttering once and the author made a really interesting point. She said "if 20% of your apartment or house is clutter, you're paying 20% of your rent or mortgage towards storing it."

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by bcostlow on Friday February 13, 2009 @09:53AM (#479886)

Yeah, but if you de-clutter, unless you can then downsize to something else, what do you gain? Now you're just paying that 20% towards storing air.

I guess you could replace the clutter with something else (another comfy chair?) but I'd rather have the books.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by wallflower on Friday February 13, 2009 @11:27AM (#480015)

I could argue that some of my books are definitely not clutter even though I don't physically open them very often. Sentimental value or 'I paid $40 for it' maybe.

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Re:Why I won’t touch the Kindle 2 with a ten foot pole. by MikeCapone on Friday February 13, 2009 @03:35PM (#480369)

But if you never declutter, you'll never be able to move in a smaller place. It has to start somewhere.

Also, lots of useless clutter isn't usually very good for your sanity.. :)

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