An experiment to reset a bookshelf that was “stagnating” in a less than functional state.

  • in advance
  • Day 1
    • Pack all books on the bookshelf into cardboard boxes.
      • At this point, anything that is clearly unnecessary is immediately moved to the discard zone
      • Put more and more in the box without taking the time to worry about it.
    • Looking at the empty shelves
    • Consider where the shelves should originally be and whether they are needed.
      • in my case
        • historical background
          • Initially there was a smaller size shelf A
          • Stacked on top of each other with items of a size that won’t fit.
          • Buying a bookcase that could properly put away the smaller books caused the smaller books to move there, but A remained in existence because of the pile of stuff on top of it.
          • Miscellaneous things went into the subtle empty space.
        • So I decided that the problem was that there were no appropriate shelves for large-sized items in the first place.
        • Discard the smaller shelves and install shelves that can accommodate larger items in that space.
  • 2nd day
    • Filter the books out of the box, lining them up on the floor.
      • Look at the front cover of every book at least once, when normally only the spine is visible. - Same concept as KJ method, make it easy to grasp the whole picture by making a list.
        • Well, I can’t lay them all out at once.
    • Classification.
      • what to throw away
      • What to put back on the bookshelf
        • Items that you plan to use in the immediate future
        • Items to be cut and scanned
        • Something I hadn’t planned to do but wanted to read again.
      • What to sell at the Book-Off
      • What to put back in the box
        • Leaving it in the box means that it will be sent to Minicruz, i.e., it will cost 2,400 yen per box per year.
        • Can it be thrown away, scanned, or sold? Think about it.
    • reference
      • Wife’s book quantity management system
        • Discard books to keep the quantity of books constant.
        • I’ll buy more if I think I need it.
        • The book you buy again becomes information that you like it enough to buy it twice.
      • I resisted this system under the pretext that “No, not all books can be bought again if you give them away.
        • But I never actually checked the percentage of such books, so it was just a pretext
        • Typically, it’s an academic journal

          • There is no need to save the paper since some journals are digitized in the first place.
          • Anything not digitized can be cut and scanned.
      • The issue to be resolved is the psychological hurdle to discarding
        • Caused by fear that “if you throw it away, you’ll never get it back.”
      • So correct “let go” to “pack it in a box and do it somewhere other than home” instead of “throw it away”.
        • If I thought I needed it, I could take it back.
        • And then the flag goes up saying, “It’s something I was willing to pay the cost to get back.
        • After a year without getting it back, you ask, “I didn’t think I needed it for a year, but do I pay $2,400 to keep it for another year?” The question arises
  • 3rd day
    • Four boxes of cardboard have been processed, and about 1.7 boxes of books going to the minicrals.
    • Talked with my wife about what we could put in the 0.3 more space.
      • Reminds me of the kind of catalogs that were tucked away in the pantry, not on the bookshelf.
      • Because of the large size of the plates, they could not fit on the bookshelf and were put away.
      • Very good for this system as it is difficult to re-purchase if you throw it away.
      • It doesn’t all fit, so we picked up some of it and put it in the miniclass box.
    • The bookshelves are very clear.
    • I bought a large shelf so I can store catalogs.

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