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How I’ve Been Downsizing My Book Collection
In my last post, I shared that I’m downsizing my book collection this year. A far cry from last year where all I ever seemed to be doing was building it up. Like I said though I’ve already gotten rid of several boxes of books and thought I’d share what this process looks like for me, and maybe you’ll find some things that will help you if you’re also trying to downsize your collection this year. Giving Them to Friends A lot of my friends are also readers. That being said they read very specific things as they tend to only read a few books a year. But, that being…
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Why I’m Downsizing My Book Collection in 2020
I have too many books. I’ve known this for quite a while. It’s a problem I’ve been dealing with but I didn’t know exactly what to do about it, it’s also a problem that I think a lot of readers and writers tend to get if they aren’t careful. Freud once said that the only thing more addicting then nicotine was book collecting. I’ve found that you can always find a reason to keep a book, maybe you’re going to read it, read it again, or maybe use it for research for something else. But, the ugly truth at least for me is that if I’ve put off reading something…