Evan is a nester. He rearranges his room weekly. His walls constantly morph into different collages of sports magazine cutouts, printed pictures of Selena Gomez, Avengers stickers, and three large Selena Gomez posters. All of these rely on a ready supply of push pins and soft sheetrock walls.
When we moved into our house in Boston, we had to decide which room each
of us should live in. One of our roommates created a spreadsheet with
the # of windows, closet size, which floor, direction of view, and other
considerations. I helped Evan choose his room based on what I
understood his preferences to be.
I made a mistake. Evan called me, which he does once a fortnight when something has gone wrong.
Evan: Brigham! I need to switch rooms!
Me: Why?
Evan: I can't hang my posters. The walls are too hard!
I found him some tape to hang his pictures and he's been happy in there ever since.
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