Tread Lightly

According to old sayings I am next to a deity. In other words my room is more or less clean for the first time this summer. My room is generally in a state of constant flux between cluttered and a horrific mess. Over the past month and 3 “cleaning days” I am about 99% finished cleaning my room. This is the beginning of a new effort to simplify my life and work towards the goal to “tread lightly.”

For those unfamiliar, what I am attempting to do is make as little impact as possible and leave as little indication that I was in a certain area as possible. I hope to apply this to as much of my life as I can. Through this I will immediately be aware of the mess I had just made and hopefully be able to more accurately track the so called “damage” and with the knowledge lessen the mess and consumption I partake in.

This obviously goes further than the clutter in my room, and moves into the realm of mental clutter as well (studies have shown there to be a much higher incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia in cluttered, complex and distracting urban environments). With this in mind I hope to at least have reprieve in my room, turning it into more of a solace than a place where I keep my junk and not much else.

From here I hope to downsize the “stuff” that is in my room, because really, I don’t need it. In a world that people are ruled by their attempts to attain and accumulate consumer goods I would much rather be a part of the rational minority. In other words, the less space there is for random junk that I don’t use the better. I am also planning on selling all of my DVD’s to get rid of the useless plastic clutter (also I better get on it before the next gen HD DVD/Blu Ray become the norm.

To close it out I am also starting today going to start keeping meticulous track of all of my spending and keep a tally on the site so I can start up a reasonable budget. The end goal of all of this other than to reduce my footprint is to live an enjoyable life that doesn’t revolve around possessions and more towards friends and using my mind and hands to have fun.