marrakech – Field Trip Notebook

Three Questions to Resist the Call of Beautiful Things

(Update: Many thanks to the folks at No Sidebar for publishing this piece today.)

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?

I had a good conversation with a dear friend of mine on the phone the other day.

“How are you finding Marrakesh?” she asked.

“I love it,” I said. Then I paused. “The truth is, I’m choosing to love it. I’m curating my experience.”