Lately I’ve been happily fielding a not-so-surprising question: “Why are you raising your family in a 1,000-square-foot apartment?” Well, actually, the question usually sounds more like, “Aren’t you looking for…
Category: Minimalism
My neighbor’s greeting caught me off guard yesterday. “You’ve been hanging pictures again, haven’t you?” she said in a steady but kind tone. We live in a cute, 1,000 square…
In this decluttering journey, I’m finding, sometimes the trek is uphill and progress is oh so slow. Boxes will sit untouched for a couple months at a time, papers will pile…
The other day I read the statistic that the US has 3% of the world’s children and 40% of the world’s toys. At first I was surprised at how out…
I stood in the kitchen, 2019 calendar in hand. My eyes scanned the squares, falling on mid January. We move in one month. The thought hit me hard. In one…
Blazing yellow leaves shone against a bright, clear fall sky. I looked up and took a deep breathe, breathing in the beauty that this perfect autumn day had to offer.…