I have literally TWO days left for the Minimalist Game. Its been a great journey, here’s a link to the first week. I’ve still got a lot more crap I can get rid of, which honestly is not too shocking. I haven’t even touched my garage. So who knows, there might be a sequel to this game. One of the interesting aspects of this game is how to effectively get rid of this stuff. We have bins in our front room full of stuff we’re going to be giving to various charities and recyclers. But here’s an unexpected tale The… Read more: Gamifying Decrapifying: Week 4

As the minimalist game continues, the ability to find things to declutter hasn’t increased in difficulty, but the amount of time decluttering has increased. I’m finding categories of objects and realizing that I have, say, 5 computer mice and a number of cycling sleeves, and trying my best to figure out which to keep and which to get rid of. My partner has really gotten into this as well, and in true Paola fashion she was skeptical and hesitant in the beginning, but has truly embraced it. Yesterday she spent the entire morning in the garden resetting her potted plants… Read more: Gamifying Decrapifying: Week 3

A while back my partner wanted a new piece of furniture: a vanity so that she could have a dedicated spot for beauty labor. As a clueless guy, I just nodded and said ‘yes, this makes sense, as I have dedicated spots for all kinds of random types of labor’. We generally prefer purchasing antiques of heirloom quality if possible. Our house was built in the 60s, and so we go with a vague southwestern mid-century modern motif. Sites like Chairish are good sources for these items, among some great local places such as Adobe House and AZ Modern. We… Read more: Sometimes you end up buying a project.

I have a love/hate relationship with Youtube. I love the content, I hate the algorithm. I hate shorts. I hate the ads, and also the sponsors. That’s a lot of annoying crap to deal with. Never have I paid for a subscription and still had to route around so much damage. Additionally on Android TV, there is the ‘launcher’ which is an app that runs at startup that is slow, mainly because its a vehicle to show me even more ads, and doesn’t really provide much utility. But hey, this is Android, meaning that you can actually do something about… Read more: Hacking your Android TV

Week 2 definitely upped the difficulty (here is Week 1 btw), but it seems as though it is pretty easy to find things that we can part with. My partner is very much getting into it. She mentioned that this was a good forcing function. There were things she was going to get rid of ‘at some point’ and this has become that point. I feel like I should be taking photos of my drawers of crap before and after. It has really helped me find a way to incorporate decluttering items into my routine. Some items that just faded… Read more: Gamifying Decrapifying: Week 2