Lovely objects still turn my head, even long after I’ve become a minimalist.
This surprised me at first. Shouldn’t I be over all those shopping urges by now?
Three Questions to Resist the Call of Beautiful Things
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The first section of our nomadic lives was driving around the US. We had our streamlined nomadic luggage, but we also had stuff in the car–food, extra clothes, spare shoes, all kinds of this and that.
So the real test has been these last two weeks in Sofia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria, when we each have a carry-on suitcase and a backpack and that’s it.
Continue readingThe Slow Art of Letting Stuff Go
We’re giving away our things, and it’s taking time.
So much time.
Last Hack You’ll Ever Need for Dangling Backpack Straps
Fellow traveler, there can be a lot of small nuisances on our journeys, but dangling straps from your backpack does not have to be one of them. Travelers trade home comforts for the joy of the journey, so the things in that bag–and the bag itself–take on outsized importance.
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“How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and that one is what we are doing.” – Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
I’m not buying new things. My husband and I are deliberately sloughing off possessions. This task is hard enough without bringing in anything new.
But awesome travel stuff has its own siren song.
Continue readingDopp Kit
I’m carrying less these days.
My dad used to travel with a leather case, a lot like this one. The case itself was handsome and sturdy, but perhaps its greatest appeal was that it wasn’t big. What would fit in there? Just a few things. The essentials. He called it his Dopp kit.
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