Author Archives: planboy
August 12, 2010 – Socks. Seriously…socks.
The RID Project is making me examine my “keeping” habits – both big and small. There are a couple of major furniture items that I’m starting to think are targeted to RID – but the motivations of keeping them over … Continue reading
August 11, 2010 – CDs/the “A’s”
So…the real CD pain begins today. After some thinking, I’ve decided to give up my CDs – alphabetically, a couple o’ letters per month. The A’s seem easy. There aren’t too many of them – but believe me, I’ve already … Continue reading
I should note…
since I’ve gotten many questions about this… NOTHING in the RID project is “thrown away.” Everything will be given away to friends, charitable organizations, and the like. One of the key rules to the RID project is that the things … Continue reading
August 10, 2010 – Listen Up.
Suffice it to say, these three audiobooks show a diversity in anything BUT my political leanings. Two of them I’ve listened to, and loved. The Howard Zinn one I’m still working on – albeit with digital copies. I bought the … Continue reading
Looks like I’m not alone.
Christopher Kelaart has his own RID project. “I’ve developed a disdain for unnecessary ownership of things I’ve accumulated over the years, and the purpose of this blog is to give these things away – pass them on – as opposed … Continue reading
August 9, 2010 – Attention, Attention – Ridding things in the compound…
Today, I’m getting rid of the first three seasons of MASH DVDs. Yeah – great show. But WHEN EXACTLY was I gonna watch these again? This might be the easiest of several DVD purges I’ll have – considering I haven’t … Continue reading
August 8, 2010 – giving up the printer in the blogging economy.
Time to give up a printer. Here’s a great example of why the RID project was started. I got a new printer awhile ago. In the past, I would’ve hung on to the printer you see above for quite some … Continue reading
August 7, 2010 – I used to be a bigger man.
Those of you know me well know that I’ve lost around 70 lbs. over the last few years. Whilst I’m proud of that, truth be told…it represents about 80 percent of the weight I’d gained over time since my college … Continue reading
What I got rid of today. 