Summary: Howdy mates...this is an excerpt from my (just John Kooz) MINIMALISM book. it took me three years to write. I am done with writing books (blog posts and podcasts and youtubes ya, but after 3.4 mllion words or writing; that's about enough writing aside from fun blog posts on TU). The book seems to invaluable to sell, but I may publish it eventurally. Cheer, Cheerio!! “matitems_all” is my short-hand name for a database containing all (truly all) items one has. It's quite simply a spreadsheet of everything you have - every single item, every single spoon, every fork, every single spatula, every single toaster, every long-sleeve shirt, every pair of long underwear, every pair of shoes, every pair of pants, every cleaning item, every piece of electronic gear, every pen, every towel, every knife, every electronic cord and cable. You get the idea, every single item. Every single item is in matitems_all, which in case you haven't yet figured out is “material items all” . Illidan Slashes away clutter almost as cleverly as I did. But I have installed permanent serious minimalism! Ah...refreshing and awesome and safety. VernePhilleas [weird_code_non_virus?_aokee_! matitems_all “matitems_all” is my short-hand name for a database containing all (truly all) items one has. It's quite simply a spreadsheet of everything you have - every single item, every single spoon, every fork, every single spatula, every single toaster, every long-sleeve shirt, every pair of long underwear, every pair of shoes, every pair of pants, every cleaning item, every piece of electronic gear, every pen, every towel, every knife, every electronic cord and cable. You get the idea, every single item. Every single item is in matitems_all, which in case you haven't yet figured out is “material items all”. Some notes I took on this as I was setting up matitems_all Why Will keep me focused on saving will learn about databases (something have always wanted to learn more about) will discourage spending and clutter will make life more video game like will be massively precise can "peruse" what I ahve on computer in database. AWESOME!!! can elimiante things like deleting on computer SWEET!! marvelous!!! booya! great computer science project that will help me learn database and comp sci organization and actually be of assistance!! HOW read up on libre office database want to create categories (exercise, tools, kitchen, clothes, electronics etc) should be organizable so can show all "knives" for example (hiking knife, kitchen knife, tool knife) that pop up. awesome!! I can't begin to communicate how invaluably awesome the matitems_all gadget is. I have listed it as an optional gadget because it is extremely meticulous, slightly time-consuming, something many may erroneously label as obsessive (and it is, but a healthy obsession), but most importantly it may not be for everyone. So it is an optional gadget, but to me, personally, matitems_all is not optional; it's invaluable. It's congruent with my interest in computer science and databases and organization of data and programming. To me, it's by far one of my favourite organizational minimalism gadgets that I created. To recap, I find this tool useful because of: my interest in computer science my meticulous nature it makes me feel like I am in a video game of sorts because every single item I own is listed on the computer, so it makes me feel as though I am in some sort of computer game. This technique is very weird, and very odd, and again this is why this is an optional tool, but it's not optional to me. I could write an entire book on this tool, but to other people, matitems_all may simply appear as idiosyncratic or unnecessary. I don't think making the matitems_all gadget is for everyone; it's not. It may be very much excessively "overkill" for some people.
