Untangling charging cords (again)
Applying First Principles in an unorthodox context.
We moved a couple months ago to a new house and new neighborhood in Portland. It’s been….a lot. As one can imagine. I’m finally coming up for air and sorting all my learnings into future newsletter topics.
Incidentally, there’s nothing more sobering for a supposed minimalist than seeing every item you own in one huge pile. I got through the trauma, and you’ll hear all about it in future (further) meditations along the surfeit of STUFF in our lives.
But first!
Charging cables. The rat’s nest that every home seems to spawn. Readers may recall the last time I tackled the rat’s nest. These things are never one and done, are they?
As context, our new house is a 1920s Craftsman with lots of built-ins. (The built-ins have been a double-edged sword, but that’s a topic for another time.) A cabinet in our dining room has an outlet inside, which seemed like the perfect tucked-away spot for a phone/laptop/etc charging area:
The goal, as I originally saw it, was t…