simplifying
August 16th, 2010 by amy

Yes, I’ve gone missing for a while. I have been spending some much needed time with family,and recently, moved in with my baby. It has been a time of reconnecting with my source, with what matters, and doing a little reevaluating of everything that I spend my time on.
So when this article came out the other day in the New York Times, I felt like the universe was trying to tell me something. Moving two people who have each managed to fill out their 1200 square feet comfortably is a challenge…when my things arrived, aside from the areas that we had thought ahead to de-clutter in advance, every cupboard and cabinet and cubbyhole was full. So now, while most of what we really care about has found a home in the house, there is a vast quantity of things that remain in the garage…
The garage. The place your car goes. By snowfall, it is my commitment that cars will once again go in there. Slowly, things are finding their way into the happy arms of friends and those unknown more in need of those “things” than us. But we still have a lot of work to do. And I have a lot of reading to do for inspiration…there are so many fabulous people out there writing about this very thing right now…Rowdy Kittens, mentioned in the article, smaller living, and so many more.
I think what really rings true for me is that experiences are what makes you happy. Time and time again, that has been true for me. Taking a cooking boot-camp and meeting life-long friends, flying to an exotic location that gives me a memory to call on whenever I need a break, even just curling up with my cat and my honey on a summer night under the stars. This is what I’ll cherish the rest of my life, not a new car, or that amazing new pair of shoes (although that is admittedly still a draw for me…nobody’s perfect).
What if I had to hone all of this down to 100 possessions? What if we had 400 fewer square feet? What if we could just throw AWAY everything in that garage? Would we miss it?
Speaking of experiences, however…that cat is purring behind me on the couch, and I think I should go get me some of that fuzzy goodness.
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