When I first wrote about decluttering, some people hated it.A few predicted CRUSHING REGRET. This has not happened.The opposite. As I have cleared away clutter, more has looked like clutter… and somewhere along the way, I got a glimpse of something magical: RADICALSIMPLICITY For some brief moment, I SAW the option.It was a blazing epiphany […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
As the kitchen was coming to its conclusion, I felt:I have *won life.* Not just because the finished kitchen was somehow EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED— but ALSO because my existence on the planet was about to get SO INCREDIBLY GOOD: Obviously, it’s time to open my antique store:Giant Fancy Things. The universe was like— […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
A while ago, Paul FORCED me to acquire crap I did not need or want. I TRIED to avoid it, and suggested an alternate solution— I would not get the dishes, but keep the CRAP-OPPORTUNITY… a crap-raincheck. Paul said— no. But if you take the dishes, they can COME WITH an IOU for FUTURE crap… […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES
To tell this story, I first need to establish: Paul is FRUGAL. Not in a normal way. In an insane way. Exhibit A: A photo of our toothpaste; it’s clean, INSIDE, because he used to slice it open, to be sure he got it all. I say used to because I’ve since begun making* our toothpaste; […]| VICTORIA ELIZABETH BARNES