Pare Down and Feel Better
Our family moved a lot when I was a child. This meant that there weren't many years between moves to accumulate stuff. Even so one of my Dad's favorite sayings is: "when in doubt, throw out". The minimalist movement encourages us to live with less. This isn't an easy task, We Americans are consumers and we live in a society that has long encouraged more, better, faster, newer. The reality is our heirs don't want to inherit our stuff or Granny's or Great Granddad's. I spent the weekend helping a friend who is moving from the giant house,...