Posted Edging Toward a Minimalist Wardrobe. (I’m not there yet.)
Category: Simplify
Edging Toward a Minimalist Wardrobe
This is my complete wardrobe: a total of about forty shirts (mainly tees) and pants, and zero suits or jackets. I’ve learned this is not a minimalist wardrobe. Web sites like The Essential Man (“Style Advice for Grown Men”) recommend fourteen pieces, assuming you do laundry once a week. I’m realizing I can do better.… Continue reading Edging Toward a Minimalist Wardrobe
Decorations
These are our Christmas decorations. The marquee of The Guthrie, advertising “A Christmas Carol,” the “Gold Medal Flour” neon atop Mill City Museum, and the swoosh (lit path in Gold Medal Park) provide additional decoration. We will unbox our other decorations, Christmas 2019.
Ma: The Space Between
A torii (traditional Japanese gateway), and steps receding into the distance to an unseen temple, exemplify the Japanese concept of ma, the space between. The gate frames space. The steps provide space in time to prepare the mind. As I read around, there are many definitions of ma, but not one easy definition. The concept… Continue reading Ma: The Space Between
Shipment For Guam
Lugged a box down to the mail room, en route to an eBay buyer in a marine base in Guam in the Western Pacific.
Digitizing Slides
With a big snowstorm coming in, it was a good day to digitize color slides before staging them on the floor en route to the garbage chute.
Monetizing Old Electronics
Turned our old electronics into $795 for Direct Relief. Wheeled the eBay sales down to the mail room.
Relief Boxes
Created 18 listings on eBay to get rid of stuff we don’t use. All proceeds will go to Direct Relief, a charity that improves the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.
Traveling with Less
Replaced my 35 liter backpack with a 30 liter backpack. It has plenty room for everything I need for unlimited travel, including hiking boots. I have yet to reduce my needs to 24 liters, the volume of a paper grocery bag.
Money in the Mail
Mailed leftover New Zealand currency at the main post office, downtown Minneapolis.