The Sweetness of the Fleeting
Right now, the plum tree in our backyard is covered with hundreds of plum blossoms, but not for much longer. I always look forward to seeing the plum tree come into full blossom every year. It lasts,...
View ArticleThe Books & Basement Saga, Part 1
Going through the ‘Books’ category of the KonMari method was difficult- Of course it was, you love books. No, that’s not the reason why it was hard. Really? No, I’m not one of those booklovers who...
View Article“Are angles real”: Dealing with Sentimental Items
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up recommends putting all sentimental items together, and to deal with them as the very last category. I am following that principle in my own way. First of all, I...
View ArticleEmphasizing Decluttering/Purging Material Stuff Is Also Materialistic
In the past few months, I’ve been reading essays, books, and watching videos about ‘Minimalism’. A common theme is that experiences matter more than material stuff. This is how I often react when this...
View ArticleWhere did the notes go?
As I went through the KonMari thing earlier this year, I peeled back layer after layer of accumulated material possessions. It was like doing an archaeological study on myself. I could ‘date’ many of...
View ArticleHistorical Cycles of Collecting & Minimizing (If Walls Could Talk Series)
This is part of the If Walls Could Talk series One of the many things I’ve learned from the book If Walls Could Talk by Lucy Worsley is that, at least in the English-speaking world, there have already...
View ArticleWhat Is Digital Is Also Real and Material
Many people contrast the internet / online things with ‘the real world’ or ‘in real life’. This implies that the internet / online things are not ‘real’. I chose not to use this language because, to...
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