The Bet: Rat versus Minimalist
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| 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…

