To make it less boring, I allowed myself to play a record or two while I slowly and deliberately looked at the stuff in the 'archipelago of stuff' in the living room. I am so used to it being there, it seems like one big blob, not a collection of many different things.
What I identified in the archipelago, once I forced myself to stare into it for a while, was a big ugly upholstered chair, well worn, and taking up tons of space. It would feel good to give it the old heave ho, and have some *noticeable* new space in the living room.
I plan to donate it tomorrow. Means I have to unload tons of stuff from my car, to get the chair in, but that's OK.