Success Or Excess
Judy Ramsook
February 03, 2006
Every year some persons in our midst do what is known as spring cleaning. This involves getting rid of material things that are no longer working or donating working but no longer needed items to the charity of one’s choice.
It is also the time of the year when certain words are used to describe some family members or friends for that matter.
Such words are things like the familiar sounding pack rat. This term is commonly used to describe some one who never throws anything away. The word clutter may also come to mind as well.
If every square inch of one’s living room space (or other room) is occupied with some decorative item or another and you keep bumping into things in order to get to the other side of the room, it’s clutter.
Some people like all that clutter though. They are usually the ones who equate excess with success. Of course there is nothing wrong with persons who enjoy their pile of clutter, we are all different.
On a similar note though, these are the persons who think that if a stranger were to walk in to his or her home and see all the material possessions he or she has, that stranger will think the person is not only successful but also wealthy.
How else can one manage to acquire all those things? Some persons take things a bit too far though. For example, if you are sitting in your living room and have hardly any space to stretch your legs because maybe there is some huge decorative item right in front of you or you can barely see the television screen from your angle because some item on the coffee table before you is blocking your view, this might be an indication that there is a clutter problem.
Wouldn’t you feel some what lighter if so many things were not directly in your path? What if you are in a hurry to get out of the house and in your quick attempt to get to the front door, you keep bumping into things along the way. Is this how far you will go just to impress the neighbours or friends?
Trying to impress others with one’s material possessions is one thing, but if things are just piled up everywhere and you keep running out of space to put more things, at some point you might have to decide what to keep and what not to keep.
It is also the time of the year when certain words are used to describe some family members or friends for that matter.
Such words are things like the familiar sounding pack rat. This term is commonly used to describe some one who never throws anything away. The word clutter may also come to mind as well.
If every square inch of one’s living room space (or other room) is occupied with some decorative item or another and you keep bumping into things in order to get to the other side of the room, it’s clutter.
Some people like all that clutter though. They are usually the ones who equate excess with success. Of course there is nothing wrong with persons who enjoy their pile of clutter, we are all different.
On a similar note though, these are the persons who think that if a stranger were to walk in to his or her home and see all the material possessions he or she has, that stranger will think the person is not only successful but also wealthy.
How else can one manage to acquire all those things? Some persons take things a bit too far though. For example, if you are sitting in your living room and have hardly any space to stretch your legs because maybe there is some huge decorative item right in front of you or you can barely see the television screen from your angle because some item on the coffee table before you is blocking your view, this might be an indication that there is a clutter problem.
Wouldn’t you feel some what lighter if so many things were not directly in your path? What if you are in a hurry to get out of the house and in your quick attempt to get to the front door, you keep bumping into things along the way. Is this how far you will go just to impress the neighbours or friends?
Trying to impress others with one’s material possessions is one thing, but if things are just piled up everywhere and you keep running out of space to put more things, at some point you might have to decide what to keep and what not to keep.
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