{"id":149,"date":"2019-02-04T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faridnakhle.com\/home\/?p=149"},"modified":"2019-02-04T22:44:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:44:40","slug":"forgetting-an-underrated-human-functionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faridnakhle.com\/home\/2019\/02\/04\/forgetting-an-underrated-human-functionality\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgetting: an underrated human functionality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here&#8217;s a common problem: Your room got messy, your closet is overflowing with shirts and underwear and socks dropping on the floor. It&#8217;s time to organize. Yet, here&#8217;s the dilemma: You need to decide what to keep \/ what to throw, and how to organize what you decided to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution to what to keep is obvious. Simple patterns \/ questions could lead you to decide. So you ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How long have you had it for?<\/li><li>Does it still function?<\/li><li>Is it a duplicate of something you already own?<\/li><li>When was the last time you used it?<br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizing is even more intuitive: Group alike things together, by type (pants together, shirts together, coats, etc&#8230;). You can go further by organizing each type by color, style, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple? Yes, in theory.  Yet, there will always be a piece that the time has worn, we barely use it but we can&#8217;t seem to throw it away. It&#8217;s a piece that you like and you don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re ready to give away. But that&#8217;s where my mom comes in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my closet run out of space, and I can&#8217;t seem to let some of my old never used pieces go, mom tends to do it for me&#8230; without even telling me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my surprise, whenever and if I find out, I don&#8217;t really feel upset about it. I go back to the questions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I had it for a while now<\/li><li>It doesn&#8217;t really function anymore<\/li><li>I probably have something similar around, or can simply replace it with a new one<\/li><li>It&#8217;s been a long time since I enjoyed wearing it&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, we&#8217;ll forget<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closet presents the same challenge as any other fit and organize problem. Just like our lives:<br>When things start to go off rail, and when we can&#8217;t take it anymore, it&#8217;s time to repurpose: fit and organize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask your self the same questions and know what to discard&#8230; and even if you couldn&#8217;t for whatever emotional attachments you have, eventually someone, or even life itself will do it for you. However, before being upset over discards, ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How long have I had it for?<\/li><li>Does it still function?<\/li><li>Is it a duplicate of something I already own \/ Can it be replaced?<\/li><li>When was the last time I used it?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Answering these questions will help us realize that what we had probably wasn&#8217;t as good as we thought it was. Or probably was just worn out. 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