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Not long ago, an experience of moving to a new house made me feel the ills of owning too many books. I have long understood that if there are too many books, it will be very troublesome and trivial once moving. So more than half a month before the moving date was set, it began to slowly reverse. Unshelved, sorted, bundled, stacked in a corner of the living room. As the saying goes, "you hate less books when they are in use", but I have to say "you only know more when books are moved". Several days have passed, and I can see that the pile of books in the corner of the living room is getting bigger and bigger, but the bookcase does not seem to have decreased significantly. Because of his addiction to Jushu, his family members often complained, but the hobby never subsided, but gradually escalated. If you haven't entered the bookstore or bought books for a while, you will feel impetuous and difficult to control. You have to go shopping for a long time and move back to a pile, and then your mood will be relieved. For so many years, buying and collecting books has basically been impossible. As soon as I passed the door of the bookstore, I couldn't help myself. When I saw the newspaper introducing where the book market was opened, I always wanted to go and see it. In short, there are too many circumstances and factors that make me want to buy books, and it is impossible to prevent them. Over time, it is inevitable that the study room will become a "book disaster" and the situation will be filled with books. In the original small study room, which was only a few square meters, the books first multiplied in the bookcases, one row became two rows, and then the gap between the top of the spine and the partition was also filled with books horizontally. When there is no more space in the bookcase, it begins to spread to the outside, making it very troublesome to clean every time.

After moving to the new house, the area of the study room has increased compared to the past, but due to the change from decentralized to centralized, the effective space for storing books has not increased much. Madam ordered that it can only be placed in the study, and can no longer be placed anywhere. Judging by her determination, if she dares to take a step forward, she will be thinking of divorce. I specially ordered five bookcases for the new house, which filled a whole wall. They were quite imposing. I thought they had enough capacity, but when I put them on the shelves, I found out that they can put down 70% to 80% of the rest. Find shelter. The gap between the bookcase and the wall, and the place between the top of the bookcase and the ceiling, were also filled with books. I had hoped to use this move to make the study tidy and orderly, but it turned out from the beginning that this was just a wish. I think to myself that I am not a person with extreme habits, and I basically follow rationality in judging and handling things. But when it comes to collecting books, sometimes I don't understand myself. Especially when I see many books that I have never read, and it is difficult to say whether I will read them in the future, or that I have spent a lot of time searching for a certain book to get my wish, I often feel a little confusion in my heart: buying so many books is really worth it. Is it necessary?

Mr. Jin Kemu wrote an article titled "The Book Is Finished", to the effect that although the books in the world are plentiful, the real knowledge and insights in the original sense are actually limited, and most of them are just annotations, interpretations and Play, they are similar to each other, so as long as you read the books in the classic sense, you can ignore the rest. And these must-read books are actually limited in number. I have repeated this opinion to friends who are more obsessed than me more than once. It can be seen that it is not stubborn, but why can't it be implemented into my own actions?

Not long ago, an experience of moving to a new house made me feel the ills of owning too many books. I have long understood that if there are too many books, it will be very troublesome and trivial once moving. So more than half a month before the moving date was set, it began to slowly reverse. Unshelved, sorted, bundled, stacked in a corner of the living room. As the saying goes, "you hate less books when they are in use", but I have to say "you only know more when books are moved". Several days have passed, and I can see that the pile of books in the corner of the living room is getting bigger and bigger, but the bookcase does not seem to have decreased significantly. Because of his addiction to Jushu, his family members often complained, but the hobby never subsided, but gradually escalated. If you haven't entered the bookstore or bought books for a while, you will feel impetuous and difficult to control. You have to go shopping for a long time and move back to a pile, and then your mood will be relieved. For so many years, buying and collecting books has basically been impossible. As soon as I passed the door of the bookstore, I couldn't help myself. When I saw the newspaper introducing where the book market was opened, I always wanted to go and see it. In short, there are too many circumstances and factors that make me want to buy books, and it is impossible to prevent them. Over time, it is inevitable that the study room will become a "book disaster" and the situation will be filled with books. In the original small study room, which was only a few square meters, the books first multiplied in the bookcases, one row became two rows, and then the gap between the top of the spine and the partition was also filled with books horizontally. When there is no more space in the bookcase, it begins to spread to the outside, making it very troublesome to clean every time.

After moving to the new house, the area of the study room has increased compared to the past, but due to the change from decentralized to centralized, the effective space for storing books has not increased much. Madam ordered that it can only be placed in the study, and can no longer be placed anywhere. Judging by her determination, if she dares to take a step forward, she will be thinking of divorce. I specially ordered five bookcases for the new house, which filled a whole wall. They were quite imposing. I thought they had enough capacity, but when I put them on the shelves, I found out that they can put down 70% to 80% of the rest. Find shelter. The gap between the bookcase and the wall, and the place between the top of the bookcase and the ceiling, were also filled with books. I had hoped to use this move to make the study tidy and orderly, but it turned out from the beginning that this was just a wish. I think to myself that I am not a person with extreme habits, and I basically follow rationality in judging and handling things. But when it comes to collecting books, sometimes I don't understand myself. Especially when I see many books that I have never read, and it is difficult to say whether I will read them in the future, or that I have spent a lot of time searching for a certain book to get my wish, I often feel a little confusion in my heart: buying so many books is really worth it. Is it necessary?

Mr. Jin Kemu wrote an article titled "The Book Is Finished", to the effect that although the books in the world are plentiful, the real knowledge and insights in the original sense are actually limited, and most of them are just annotations, interpretations and Play, they are similar to each other, so as long as you read the books in the classic sense, you can ignore the rest. And these must-read books are actually limited in number. I have repeated this opinion to friends who are more obsessed than me more than once. It can be seen that it is not stubborn, but why can't it be implemented into my own actions?
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