Like many people, I have been inspired of late to declutter the house after reading the book, The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up. I was a decluttering whirlwind for the first few months of the year, but eventually I reached the end of the things that only concern me; the rest of the house my husband and I have to work on together.
So I was very excited when, a few weekends ago, he declared that it was time to clean out the garage. I hopped right into some work clothes and went outside to help him start leveling the peaks of Mt. Garage.
There were lots of things that were easily sorted into Keep, Donate, and Trash piles, but there were also a lot of items that required more thought. After about 30 minutes of tricky decisions, the next time he held an item up for consideration I said, “Well the question is, ‘Does this spark joy’.”
At which point my engineer-husband snorted so hard that I still expect to trip over one of his eyeballs every time I go out to my car.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, he elected to finish the garage on his own.
I’m also married to an Engineer. I completely understand :/
Counts for programmers, too. I still ask the woo-questions, because it always leaves both of us laughing