JBKW / Overcreativity

About - JBKW - John B KeepingWell

I'm a Keeper, a Thinker, a Philosopher, a Journalist, a Critic, an Engineer, an IT guy, and perhaps a bunch of other things.

I'm not really a day job grade pro at all those things, but it will have to do.

As such, I'm perhaps a Jack of All Trades ( master of none ).

Maybe that's a good thing.

In some of these matters, "hoarding", for one, the "masters" - the "experts" - have demonstrated to have something of a tunnel vision.. they kept looking for a black cat in a dark room, and not finding one ( there perhaps not being one in the room ), kept pointing to all sorts of things as the black cat, while ignoring all the red cats and the white cats. And then they called me a "hoarder", and they indicated the usual "treatment".

I took exception to that, and I took a good hard look at the matter, at what is being said, at the sources, at the experts themselves.

Not only did I find out what's wrong - plenty - but I also figured out how to avoid the traps, and better ways of handling these things.

Here's the thing -

I keep many of the same things mentioned in the book "Stuff", in fact some that are much, much worse ( no, not in any unhealthy way ).

I find many of the same reasons for keeping resonate with me.

And yet, I am not "confused", I do not have "difficulty making decisions", I do not lack in execution, and all that other jazz.

My mind is fully liberated of all the manipulations, I do and keep whatever I want, often the complete opposite of what these "experts" recommend - mostly not out of spite, but because I find that doing the opposite is what really works.

And I am not fooled by all the Magician Tricks, I see everythng for what it is in those books.

I am the tree with too many branches, way too many branches.

I am the snapping turtles.

I am Overcreativity personnified.

I am Collyer brothers.

I am most characters from the book "Stuff" and all other books.

But here's the catch - I'm not another brow-beaten "hoarder" ( no offense to anyone, I'm not calling myself that anymore ) - I'm a free-thinking Keeper, and I'm equipped with computerized information systems, AI, problem-solving logic, and an elephant dose of scepticism, and every problem I focus on, it gets solved. Including discovering logic errors and manipulations in experts' books and speeches - I find new ones daily, usually multiple ones.

This project is about sharing all of that, and having fun with our newfound liberation.