When my sister visited us last year, I thoroughly enjoyed it when my mother made her remove the unwanted books stored in her cupboard. It was so much fun seeing her take a look each book, clean it and keep it back. But I never thought the tables would turn around. And now that the tables have turned, I am not enjoying it one bit. I removed all the books I had stored in one section of my cupboard and imagine finding books that I used in 10th and 12th standard! Phew, that's a lot! Then there were these notebooks right from my first year of B.Sc. I mean I had everything. Sheets of paper on which i had written notes, graphs, experiments, log books, practical books, photocopies... you name it and I had it. I also found a book with my friends name on it. So I called up my friend and the first question I was asked was "Do you have Whitekar?" And while I was wondering which book Whitekar is and what its spelling is, I was kindly reminded that we used it to study fermentation. And yes, my friend struck gold there. I had it!
In short, I had preserved every antique piece of notes and books as if they meant a lot to me. At the end of the clearing exercise this was the amount of unwanted stuff that I gathered.
As I keep everything in the car so my mom can do away with it and keep a few books to donate to my college I cannot help but wonder about all the clutter in my closet. Have I accumulated clutter in my life too? Like this? I hope not.
"The bare necessities of life will come to you!"
Thankfully for me, my best friend is always around, telling me I need to clear it all - to my mother :-)
