My Week of Media Deprivation
On the first day I danced while doing the dishes. I approached the week of media deprivation with only mild curiosity. I didn’t have high expectations, bu...
Category: Minimalism
Nice Things
Our house is not what one would call nice. It’s old. It’s run down. The quality of pretty much everything inside it is shoddy. The pipes are loud. T...
Wow, I really have come far! {Or: An ode to glaciers}
I wrote that post last night and then something compelled me to read some of my original posts on this blog. I don’t think I’ve ever visited my arch...
How Far I’ve Come
With things so crazy and hectic right now, it’s hard not to day dream about this summer, and all the amazing things I hope to get done. My biggest goal th...
Minimalism, Take 2
It has been suggested here that I am prone to falling in love with an movement or lifestyle, jumping in with both feet, pursing it enthusiastically, and then ab...
Mantra
I was digging around in a junk drawer the other day and found this: A reminder I made for myself many, many years ago. It turns out I’ve been trying to em...
Where I usually end up
So. Minimalism. I embraced it enthusiastically. Well, I embraced the idea of it. And I tried to embrace the actual practices. I made many real, significant chan...
Restriction vs. Intention
It can feel sometimes (okay, A LOT of the time) like pretty much everything in my life is restricted. We’re in the worst drought in California history, so...
Frustrations about the Spending Freeze
Wow. Such an interesting dialogue about how people arrange who does what in a relationship to make it work. I’ve found all of it very enlightening and I k...
Garage Sale Questions
I have never held a garage sale. I helped with a friend or family member’s garage sale. I don’t know if I’ve even ever been to one ever. Basic...