I believe we all have our own little idiosyncrasies, true? There are those moments when we wonder aloud to ourselves on why we do what we do. Or at least I do. Same goes for me with all of the things that I have that are duplicates or the “Latest and greatest”.

Here is my story and some of the things that I just buy too often.

Speakers/Headphones

I am addicted, plus I do a great job of taking care of them, so they never break or get lost. Which means, yes, I have WAY too many! BOSE is not my favorite company; I have been treated unfairly by them in the past and yet I might be one of their better customers.

It started with the Soundwave in the early 90’s. I was running a radio station in Benton Harbor, Michigan and Bose was doing a campaign with certain stations and we were one. We had Soundwaves to give away on the air, plus the rep gave one to me. It was the BEST radio that I had ever had. A bit big, but the sound was awesome.

Over the years I purchased another one for my parents and another for myself. The original one eventually gave up after years of playing. I also purchased headphones, soundbars, in home systems and more. Bose was my “Go to” brand for anything that was music inclined. My wife has benefited from this also, because when I buy for me, I usually buy for her too. Noise cancelling earbuds? We both have them. Multiple pairs too!

My biggest problem is that I take care of them. I should probably shed some of them. The Beats could go, I do not use them anymore and I have a couple of pair of them. Maybe I will sell them or give them away.

Sunglasses

Sunglasses are another one of those things that I buy way too many pairs of. I am a sucker for new sunglasses, again, the problem is that I take very good care of them. I know that some of my sunglasses are over 20 years old! Why do I need more? I don’t and that is the point. Stop! Stop buying them! I like them. Here again, I could shed a few pair, Ray Ban, Oakley and Maui Jim are the main brands. Anybody want to buy used sunglasses? Too funny!

Bags/Backpacks/Briefcases

Bags, backpacks, briefcases and the like. Me? Way too many! Guess what, here too I just take good care of them. I buy leather, canvas and other styles. Small medium and large, any size works for me. Many different brand names, though Waterfield seems to be what I have the most of. sfbags.com A very good company with a quality product and an intriguing marketing team. Does the trick when it comes to me.

I probably could sell off some of these too, and again, I take very good care of them. I clean the leather often, and add a drop of oil to zippers also. I have a LOT of STUFF! I have WAY too much STUFF! I do not have enough stuff to fill up all of the bags I have purchased over the years.

That is probably my top 3, Headphones/Speakers, Sunglasses and Bags. There is a sucker born every minute and for those products I rank at the top. The clutter in my office is obnoxious and the money that I have spent is stupid, I will say though that my ability to take care of the things I buy compounds that problem, if I was not that way it would be easier to get rid of them.

What are the things that clutter your world? What are the things that you just buy too much of? What effect does this have on your world/life? If any.