Breaking the Chains of Code Hoarding: Embracing the Power of Decluttering

I have a confession to make: I am an unabashed hoarder, but not in the traditional sense. My hoarding tendencies manifest in the realm of coding and programming.

I find myself collecting blocks of code, not just for temporary use during experimental stages, but seemingly with the belief that they will prove useful someday or that I will gain valuable insights from revisiting them. I also have a penchant for accumulating learning notes, even those that have become outdated or irrelevant. Letting go of these items has always been a struggle for me, a stark contrast to other aspects of my life.

However, a recent event served as a wake-up call, effectively jolting me out of this hoarding mentality. It was a rather simple incident: I encountered difficulties while attempting to update an environmental variable path due to the overwhelming clutter in my code repository. In that moment, it struck me that knowledge and learning are internalized processes. There is no inherent need for physical evidence or visual remnants to validate them. Perhaps my unwillingness to part with my clutter stems from an underlying fear of losing knowledge and learning. Yet, true knowledge and learning cannot be lost. With this realization, I have embarked on a journey of decluttering.