Minimalism update

I may have bought a pair of unnecessary earrings yesterday.

However, in the last week or so I've gotten rid of: a smartphone, two hardcover books, a graphic novel, a calendar, some unloved bras, a ficus tree (just today!) and all my cross-stitching stuff. Some twinge on that last one -- but it turns out I haven't done any cross-stitch for about eight years.

No more watering the tree, sweeping up its leaves, trying to get Hobbes to stop eating said leaves or cleaning up after he throws up a leaf. Hmmmm. I wonder how much time I just reclaimed?

This is how I keep myself honest about shirts. Every time I do laundry the clean shirts go in the closet on the left. Every morning I start scanning from the right until I encounter something I feel like wearing. Once a month I move a plastic ring into place.



If something doesn't get worn for 3 months, and it's not wildly out of season, it means I already chose not to wear it 90+ times. Time to say goodbye, perhaps.

(I wrote the above last night and then fell crash asleep on the couch at 8PM. What?)