Creating and maintaining an inventory might take a few weekends, but it will help you better understand what you own - a first step toward getting rid of unnecessary things, like those three extra copies of “The Great Gatsby.”And if you have only one copy of “Gatsby,” such a product will tell you where it is (bedroom closet? bookshelf in the den?). In other words, not me.But if you are a neat freak - if you look forward to cleaning your closets on weekends, or rejoice at the prospect of alphabetizing your DVDs - then consider investing in a good home inventory manager. Unfortunately, even the best ones require some work - too much work, I imagine, for all but the most organized people. There are lots of bad, a few so-so, and some great computer programs to help you create an inventory. Is there an easy way to organize everything?The answer: not really. But that’s not really my style I’m a materialist to the core.Instead, I set out to find a way to manage our possessions. Ascetic readers would advise us to pare down, to lead simple, joyful, stuff-free lives. As if that weren’t enough stuff, my family has too many other things: I’m a sucker for cooking equipment, my wife’s stash of yarn keeps the world’s shepherds in business (she’s a knitter), we both buy more books than we can read, and our baby is constantly showered with toys and clothes. At any moment there are several phones, computers, video game systems and other small electronics strewn around the floor of my home office, and many more in every other part of the house. Technology companies are always sending me gadgets to evaluate it’s my job to catalog everything that arrives, keep notes on how I use the products, maintain the packing materials and manuals, and then send it all back. It’s just that I’m a tech reviewer, and sometimes that amounts to the same thing. By FARHAD MANJOO, The New York TimesHONESTLY, I didn’t set out to be a hoarder.
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