I used to collect DVDs and the reason that
I collected DVDs was because, if I liked a
film or a TV programme or any sort of franchise,
I used to think it was almost like my duty
that I should invest part of my money into
owning something that almost proves that I
love that film or I love that TV show or I
love that franchise. Which is ludicrous because
that love for that thing is here within me
and it can't be defined by how many things
I own. So I used to have quite a big DVD collection
and I managed to get it down to just a few
which I'll just quickly show you. So as of
a few months ago when I started doing all
of this decluttering thing, I went from having
probably I would estimate about a hundred
DVDs, which isn't that many compared to some
people but for me it was quite a lot so - from
a hundred DVDs to this many DVDs and games.
I'm just going to go through why I decided
to keep some of them and what I've decided
to do with them now. The first group of things
that I decided to keep were my favourite Disney
ones. But, in that time, I've never, ever
watched them and I can stream them if I want
to. So we've got Aladdin, Toy Story 3, Tangled,
Mulan, Pocahontas and The Lion King. And I
never put on DVDs. We don't have a TV; we
have a projector. We usually plug in the laptop
straight into the projector and watch things
through that. We do have a PS3 which can play
DVDs and Blu-Rays and that kind of thing,
but it means that the quality is always going
to be limited by the fact that we're projecting
it on an average projector. Which is why I
was quite keen to hand onto my Blu-Rays. I've
got a Blu-Ray of Catching Fire and Mockingjay
which I really wanted to watch but you see
this one here? It's still in the plastic;
I've never even opened it. So I think I'm
going to sell both of these, sell my Disney
DVDs. I'm just going to take them to the CExchange.
The Hungry Games, as well. You see I really,
really like the Hunger Games so I hung onto
those DVDs. The other ones that I hung onto
but are going to be getting rid of are my
two favourite Studio Ghibli films: Spirited
Away and Howl's Moving Castle which, again,
I love but I can watch online if I wanted
to. Just the idea of sitting down to watch
a film now; it's just such a long time to
spend doing something that you've already
done; to see something again that you've already
seen. So I think I'm going to get rid of those.
Although I love them - I love them so much
but I listen to the music all the time. So
I'm still involved - that's a weird thing
to say. Aaaaaand... South Park Movie which
is one of my favourites. I love the music
from here and it's one of mine and Charles's
favourites. But, again, we can watch that
online. Chungking Express. I did this for
my Film Studies A Level and I really love
it - it's an amazing film - but, again, I
don't watch it so we're getting rid of that.
This is the getting-rid-of pile, just so we
can see it. Then we've got my ultimate favourite,
Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz who
I love. But these are all very short and they're
all on YouTube and I bought it out of loyalty
to Peter Serafinowicz but, again, I don't
watch it. It's just cluttering up my life.
Now, the two that I am going to keep... The
two!? Am I only going to have two DVDs!? Oh!
Woah... this is big. Okay, so I'm only going
to have DVDs. And I'm going to have Human
Remains with Rob Brydon and Julia Davis. It
actually took me a while to find this because
I couldn't find it online anywhere and I really
watched to watch it. I love Julia Davis; she
does very dark comedy and she's incredible.
A lot of what she does you probably could
find online but not this. So I'm going to
hang onto that. And The Best Of Nevermind
the Buzzcocks which is my favourite DVD. I
am always in tears watching this. It's so
funny. I love Simon Amstell. And, again, you
can find full episodes online but you can't
find this. So I'm going to hang onto it because
I love it so much. So these are the games
that we were going to hang onto and we were
thinking about what we'll end up getting rid
of and I was quite intent on keeping my two
favourites but, if I sat down to play these
two games again, that's hours and hours and
hours of my life and I've already played them.
I already know what happens; I already know
what to do. But by selling these, I'll have
that time that I would have spend playing
those games. So I think when it comes to decluttering
DVDs and games and that kind of thing, think
about how much time each of these things actually
represents. So a game is going to be, what,
ten hours? A film is going to be two hours.
Think about how many times you're going to
watch that film. If you can happily say you're
not going to watch it then there's no point
in having it. If you're going to watch it,
"Oh well I'll probably watch it two or three
times over the next year," then that's going
to be six hours out of your life that you
spend just by owning this. Whereas if you
didn't own it, would you actually watch it?
I don't know. These are just some questions
to ask yourself that I've been thinking about
and has led me to this declutter. It's led
me to only owning two DVDs and no games. No
games now... No games. That's fine. Yeah,
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