Cluttered Life

After watching the "A Cluttered Life" video I was surprised by how many things that are displayed in the video represent thing sin my life that I never noticed before. Maybe these things were just so ordinary that I never minded thinking about or noticing them. One thing the video said was that the kitchen was the center, or the "base" of the house. They said that all operations ran from the kitchen and it was basically the control center for the household. I find this true in my house as everybody seems to be drawn to the kitchen when there is nothing to do or we are planning to go out. It seems to be the staging area for the family and the video definitely reflects what is going on in my household. The other thing that struck out to me was when, in the video, they said that Americans were good at adding things to their houses but bad at getting rid of them. I also feel like this is something that my family takes part in every day. My father, for example, can not throw away anything that he owns. This can be good if you are throwing away things that you need, however he will not throw away even the most useless pieces of trash that there are. I find myself doing this as well. There are tons of things in my room that I have accumulated in my room that I can't throw away for various reasons. I hardly use any of the things I own but I can't bring myself to throw them away because maybe one day they will serve a purpose. Overall I liked the video and it brought to my attention a lot of the things that are happening all around me that I never notice.