Category: True Confessions

Moving: Critical Tips

Here are some of my lessons learned and critical tips from the move. Tip #1 – Set up Vital Stations During packing and moving it’s natural for things to get chaotic.  I found that establishing designated places for critical items…

Everything has Meaning

The other week an acquaintance sent me a link to a YouTube video about a woman living in 90 sq. ft. in Manhattan.  Wow!  I clicked on some of the related links and spent almost two hours watching short clips…

Moving: Bearing Witness

I believe that bearing witness is an important part of any purging process.  I’ve sat next to many people while helping them go through their things and make decisions, sometimes difficult ones, about what to keep and what to toss.…

Digital Emphasis & Weighting

One thing I’ve grown to dislike about social media is the way in which it alters our perception of what makes something important.  When we are offered only a few bits of information, for example on somebody’s online profile, it…

Moving. Ugh.

I moved in January.  I always find moving equal parts excitement and annoyance combined with a healthy amount of stress.  It’s not just the physical effort involved to relocate my things, moving also requires addresses to be updated, plus time spent…