In and Out with the Junk

I have been doing some cleaning in my office, and coincidently I also sleep there. Not because I work 24/7, but because my office is in our bedroom. For many years we have brought many different things into our house and office. Clothes, magazines, dishes, food, etc. are examples of some of the things. There is not much that leaves except the usual garbage, such as cereal boxes, newspapers, empty cans and wrappers, and so forth. I could make a long boring list, but I will not. Today I got rid of old magazines and catalogs. I have a nursery and receive all kinds of magazines and seed catalogs concerning the nursery business. I did not weigh them but I am sure that there would be seventy-five pounds.

Don't get me wrong. Carol keeps a clean house, but I have over run the bedroom with all my junk. I am now trying make it look more like a bedroom than an junkie office.

Cleaning, I found things that I haven’t seen for years. I found a small book the belonged to Carol’s father that I don’t ever remember seeing before. There were some magazines and catalogs and calendars that were twenty years old. Some were still in their wrappers. When I put them away many years ago, I was sure I would read them at a later time, but never did.

If you take more money out of your savings account than you put in, there will come a time that the savings will be depleted. That is not a sustainable program. Is there one word that describes that behavior? If you spend more that you earn, you get deeper and deeper in debt then comes the time that you are so deep in debt you cannot do it any longer. That is not sustainable.

On the other hand if you take more out of the house than you bring in, you will eventually end up with a house that is completely empty. There for you want to get to a point what you bring in equals what you take out. Probably it will never be equal. You may have a deficit part of the time and a surplus part of the time. If you buy enough groceries to last a month at the first of each month, by the end of the month they will all be gone. If you pour water into a tub it will eventually fill up any you pour a quart in a quart will run our over the top. Is there a word for that?

Today I brought the mail and a newspaper into the house. And I took yesterday’s newspaper out of the house. Good job. I kept ¼ of the mail and ¾ of it went into the garbage.

Is there one word that describes the act of keeping a near balance of what is brought in and what is taken out? Is there another word that describes bring in more than you take out? Is there a word that describes taking out more that you bring in?