Condensation

I've started to compress my belongings into as small a space as I can physically manage, starting with my cd collection. I bought two large cd wallets and they arrived in the post about a week ago. I've sat staring mournfully at them since. But even I can only procrastinate for so long, and tonight I cracked and put my mind (and body) to shelling my cd's from their cases and arranging them in these binders. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm making a concerted effort to control my sentimentality when it comes to these matters - so I'm trying not to care as I throw out the cd cases (plus the back insert). They're of little enough use to me after all, and I gain nothing but the false comfort of familiarity by keeping them... but throwing out those back inserts is still getting to me. They're little more than glossy slips of paper with the track listings printed on one side. Sometimes they have some pretty artwork on the other to enliven otherwise dull cases. But they're nothing more than frippery. I still have the cd's themselves (and the music more importantly), and I've kept hold of the more substantial front inserts. I just need to convince myself that's enough.

I've filled one of the wallets and I should have enough cd's to fill the other. I've gained a considerable amount of shelf space as a result, though I'm not certain what the cost to my state of mind is yet.

Pragmatism is not fun.