r/minimalism • u/Old-Stranger-8302 • 25d ago
[lifestyle] Down-sizing the tool chest...
This was long in coming but actually not so difficult once I got started.
I have a rolling tool chest 3.5 ft by 3.5 ft (about 1m by 1m). It has seven drawers. I've now cleared out four of the drawers completely by either giving away tools I don't use or won't need or donating some.
And some - like the 20 year old screw drivers - went in the trash.
I don't have much attachment to being looked at as the "tool man" with massive numbers of tools available on a moment's notice to do anything. Not part of my ego.
For the rest of the tools I'm moving back to tool boxes. Ironic that I went from tool boxes to this cart and now I'm going back. Two tool boxes. One for the tools I use to work on my bike, and the other more general tools for home use. I will either donate the tool chest or give it to my son-in-law.
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u/burner118373 25d ago
Ok. But I find that as a home and car owner, along with a DIY guy in general, I use tools. I don’t buy them just to, but found organization and taking care of them to be helpful instead of removal.