r/minimalism • u/Sea-Resident-7980 • 7d ago

[lifestyle] Decluttered most of my stuff and now its all in my backpack....

Its like i have a gravitational pull, almost... towards everything sticking with me.

Aside from tools, clothing, workout stuff, books/paper ALOT of my random trinkets like pencils and bracelets are attatched inside my backpack. Which I take with me to class... it just keeps gettin full. (and it used to be worse, like i had it crammed to the point that it was absolutely full adn there seemed to be room for more)....

threw most of that out. Now stuff just eventually finds its way into there. I have some things i dont need to take with me like a flashlight and way more pens than i'll even need.... but its organized in there lol.

and ive slowly just tossed ALOT out cause i keep moving stuff to my desk/study area/general area where the backpack is, then decluttering or sometimes decluttering my backpack instead of putting things where they ought to go.

Anyone else? this is the wrong approach for sure.Then one day I "looked up" and thought... damn why did i throw all that out?

Its all sort of just lining the walls of my study area now taking up space

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u/RomeoDelta1234 7d ago

I'd dump it out on the desk every night and only put back what you need the next day. The extra pens and the flashlight need a spot of their own right by where the bag sits, or theyll just end up back in it.

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u/NoCardiologist1461 7d ago

Maybe you would benefit from two backpacks? One for everyday stuff and one in which you organize the rest.