# On attachment to equipment (RE: sysdharma)
### Entered in vim on RPoJ via ssh
### 20190119
In his last [phost][1], sysdharma writes of his addiction
to keeping old equipment. His reasons include emotional and
financial value of the old unused equipment in question.
For me, it is also both. I have a lot of tech stuff I do
not use. It gets worse if I go into my studio. I have a
mountainous amount of musical instruments, but primarily
play my favorite bass, guitar, and my drum kit.
I have given stuff away before, I rarely would think to sell
it. For the majority of these items, I always think, "I
could end up needing it for..."
I have been organizing my collections better. Buying storage
drawers, rubbermaid boxes, putting things away when I am
done using them. The side effect of this is if some of this
stuff is not left out, I find myself not using it.
Maybe a reminder for the start of spring to go thru shit and
clean up would be a good solution. Spring seems like an
appropriate time to do such things. I only need one tablet
and a backup. Not five total. I have guitars I am not
attached to, and some I very much am attached to. Perhaps
the _not_ ones can go? If I am not going to learn how to
tune my hurdy-gurdy, do I need to keep it? (in reflection,
yes on that one... I'll learn how. It is a cool instrument).
Sysdharma, I think you are so very far from being alone with
this addiction. It is almost part and parcel of being in
modern consumer culture. I admire people who can separate
themselves from it. It is easier to look around my 2300 ft^2
home and identify empty spots to put more stuff, one of the
five bedrooms is unused!
..maybe I have a problem.
[1]:
gopher://sdf.org/1/users/sysdharma/phlog/2019.01.19 "sysdharma - Another addiction"
