We give our lives to that which we give our time. I have learned that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to unclutter one’s life by starting at the top of the pile with the idea that the solution is to just get things sorted and better organised. It would be nice to get better organised, but that is not really enough. Much has to be discarded - one must actually get rid of it. To do this we need to develop a list of basics, a list of those things that are indispensable to our mortal welfare and happiness and our eternal salvation. This list must follow the right pattern and contain the correct elements needed for our sanctification and perfection. It must be the product of inspiration and thoughtful judgement between the things we really need and the things we just want. It should separate need from greed. It must be our best understanding of those things that are important as opposed to those things that are just interesting. This creates the question to be asked: what is truly essential? For example, allocating time to the reading and consuming of a piece of writing that another has written that is not necessary for human survival can also be seen by many as a waste of time. The same can be said for the time spent in the writing of such a text. And hence, that is why this blog is relatively, if not absolutely, pointless.
