get rid of the backpack

Mark Pilgrim had a blog post that was then reblogged by someone else (Mark no longer has a blog): The Pursuit of Happiness

  1. Stop buying stuff you don’t need
  2. Pay off all your credit cards
  3. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit in your house/apartment (storage lockers, etc.)
  4. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit on the first floor of your house (attic, garage, etc.)
  5. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit in one room of your house
  6. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit in a suitcase
  7. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit in a backpack
  8. Get rid of the backpack

Like the person I linked to, I think about this post a lot.

(I can’t remember if I’ve blogged this before, but I think about this so much I feel it deserves blogging multiple times)