Last weekend, I saw the most amazing thing while I was stopped in traffic. A guy in a navy blue, four door sedan of undetermined origin pulled up along side my car and I just glanced in his direction. The car was filled with empty plastic bags!
I mean the entire car with the exception of the driver's seat was filled with plastic shopping bags ... the kind you get in a grocery store kind of plastic. The bags reached over the back seat and spilled onto the back deck. There were some bottles of generic Ginger Ale loose in the mess, but the bags were compressed enough to stay in place. Sunlight was glinting off the bags nestled half way up the door windows.
And, to add to this vision of chaos, there were stacks of newspapers on the dashboard. Only six inches or so ... the guy could still see through the windshield. The newspapers were yellowed with age.
Now, some people's cars are like traveling toilets but this car was the epitome of personal trash collection. What would have to be present in this man's life to surround him with the remains of food shopping excursions?
I had just ordered "Zen to Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System" by Leo Babauta and "Unclutter Your Life in One Week" by Erin R. Doland, David Allen. If ever there was a reminder to purge my life of the unnecessary, that car certainly sealed the deal with me.
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