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The Bet: Rat versus Minimalist

Filed under: Home & Garden, Random Thoughts — harrison at 10:39 am on Tuesday, August 26, 2008

VS

Pack Rat
Materialistic Minimalist

Christine can be described as a pack-rat or hoarder; she still has boxes of memorabilia from her first job and even her notes and ledgers from her college days.

I am best described as a Materialistic Minimalist.  Although, I do have some pack-rat tendencies, I try to keep those efforts in the virtual or digital worlds where everything is neatly encapsulated in a RAID storage device.  In the real world, the less I possess, the better I feel.

Needless to say, sometimes the rat and the minimalist don’t see eye to eye.  So they made a bet.  If the rat organizes her two desks and office floor such that they are free from any loose papers or debris for two months, the minimalist will get rid of any old raggedy t-shirts or shorts that the rat objects to.  The minimalist will also be required to purchase new t-shirts or shorts to replace said items.

Oh the horror for the minimalist… throwing out perfectly functional clothes, and even worse, replacing them with new ones!

To be continued…

2 Comments »

Comment by Cassandra

August 27, 2008 @ 9:52 am

aww… those comfy tee shirts. =(

Comment by Duc Le

August 27, 2008 @ 11:59 am

What’s wrong with old clothes? I love my old clothes and some of them even have tiny holes in there but I am ok with them as long as they cover my private body parts. As a matter of fact, I used to get a lot of complaints about wearing free t-shirts - those you get at a fair or a convention that companies strategically give out for free to promote their names. I actually stopped wearing them and donated to the homeless but not by choice. Tough battle there for both of you. Good luck!

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