7 Things I Learned From Sorting, Packing, And Storing My Books
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Loading... - Fraser Gary
- 15 Mar 2023
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Until this month, I’d lived in a 450 square foot studio apartment for six years. It was a great space, it fit my life, and it had more books in it than were probably necessary. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the first reaction I got most often when showing someone my home was, “Wow—you have a lot of books.” I generally didn’t mention that I also had a small storage space in the basement of the building filled with—you guessed it—more books. (Also Christmas decorations, but that’s not really relevant here.)
So when I decided in early 2018 that I’d spend most of 2019 traveling, I knew I’d have to decide what to do with each of those books: give it away, pay to store it, or make space to take it with me. Over the course of a year, I went through every last one of the hundreds of books I owned. Here’s what I learned.
START EARLY
In fact, start now. Even if you have no plans to move anytime soon, start sorting your books today. Or at least this week. It takes longer than you think to sort through every book and decide what you want to do with it, and future you will thank you for doing it at your own leisurely pace instead of having to do it when you’re also trying to book movers/arrange a Goodwill pick-up/hang out outside liquor stores so you can take the empty boxes they’re discarding. And speaking of boxes… Read More…
