Little Wooden Elephant

I have been reading a lot of blogs lately about minimalist lifestyles. You know, less junk and more efficient storage etc. My goal for the next 30 days is to trim down my stuff and get myself more organized. Every day fort eh next 30 days I will be taking one section of my room/my things and minimizing. The goal is to hopefully have less clutter and more open space.

First step: my desk

I have a ton of random cutesy things on my desk, things that I don't really want to get rid of. So, I probably wont. But, I can clean out the little storage shelf of my desk and maybe find more effective places to put my cute things so they aren't taking up as much space or cluttering my desk.

One of my special things is my little wooden elephant.  I wish it had an epic story behind how I came into possession of it, but it's not an epic tale. I was at the state fair in the International Bazaar right before my second year in Duluth. Elephants have always fascinated me because of their memory capability and their sheer beauty. I bought this little guy because I wanted it to remind me to remember everything. Remember the good, remember the bad, remember it all.

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