Im a serial loser of stuff,especially "no-way could-you-lose-that-items" like cell phones,spectacles and clothes generally.In fact I lose stuff with such frequency that I have earlier written an article about it with the "clever idea" of technology to alleviate this disease of opportune-mind-wandering.I searched around online and found a system made up of an emitter and receiver which can be installed on high value items desired not to be lost.The idea is to attach the emitter on an object,say a laptop and then activate it while you safely keep a receiver.The receiver will constantly receive signals of proximity (while the owner doesnt lose the receiver) or while the object is within range.This system combo can be placed on keys,cellphones,you name it.
However,my worry this time is not finding a solution of whatever kind.Rather its concern that I store in my head innumerous amounts of information(okay,maybe my head is empty until I do an audit),but seriously speaking Im disappointed I recall all types of media garbage on US politics,celebrity culture,general gossip,latest whacky Youtube videos but not to put back my spectacle case in my bag after taking out my glasses.Are the two related?That is remembering to return to their place and what I put into my mind daily...or per minute.I think so.
I cannot change the world.Thats is to say...In all the cases that I lost my cellphones(5 or 6 so far...),keys,clothes,glasses and now my Prada spectacle case,I wish someone was honest enough to return them to the lost and found office.I know I would have.In Al Campo of Alcobendas,from the Spanair flight from Tenerife.However,it never happened,and I cannot bet on the fact that it would ever happen.Thats how it is...
So my solution shall be simpler than that.I will now do filters of information before I take it all in.My mantra and philosophy shall be GARBAGE IN = GARBAGE OUT. This is my formula for a peace of mind.Im not only talking about information I take in from the internet,newspapers or people around me.I am also referring to the material goods I accumulate.That is going to be key to my living and travelling lightly.I will give you a real example.In my hand luggageon my flight from Tenerife to Madrid yesterday, I had a bag with what I supposed was a minimal supply of cosmetics,then my specs,then sunglasses,cellphone,passport,wallet,keys,light jersey,book...My bag was pretty full,and in hindsight I didn't need to have so many things other than the essentials of air travel.Another real example is the fact that I lost a cardboard full of clothes in Calle del Pez after I unwittingly left it in the street,trying to quickly load everything onto the car on the busy street from my flat during my house moving.I simply didn't take it and got onto the car and only realised it the next day.What does this all mean?Apart from being despistada(absent-minded),what it means is that I didn't need all those clothes if I didn't realise until a day later I didnt have them.Guess,what,today...now,I STILL cannot tell you which clothes were in that box.I still have my winter,summer clothes as well as formal work clothes,without a problem.Then those clothes were a huge SURPLUS.Im not solely consoling myself or manufacturing happiness(see a title on TED.com about this topic)
My conclusion then...my answer then to all of this is,what I dont miss 24 hours later,I dont need...
