Having a 'couch friend' or 'errand friend' can help you save money and increase productivity

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franche-comté, france (october 2023)
an air of ursus wherli...
#photography #phonephotography #colour #digicrap
#cucurbitaceae #ursuswehrli #tidyingup #food

I’ve heard a ton of people say this is a book about minimalism and I would like to state for the record that it is NOT. It’s more about figuring out what you really like and holding onto JUST that. If that means a billion bowls, well, so be it.

An interesting part was the author’s insistence that cleaning is so much more than just cleaning. In testimonials at the beginning of the book, people say they cleaned and it made everything in their life make sense and they got divorced.

I could kind of see revealing a person’s passions by way of seeing what you keep versus what you get rid of.

But divorce?

Seems rash.

Honestly, the most interesting part of this book is the author’s attitude that all things have souls and missions and they all deserve respect. If you treat them as humans with jobs, they last longer and you are happier.

On one hand, it makes sense that they last longer because you’ll naturally take better care of them when you, you know, care about them.

But the real perk to this is that it makes it so much easier to let it go. Is the forgotten toy happy in the back of the closet instead of being played with? It’s a toy that is meant to be played with, after all! Donate it so some child can put it to good use!

It’s pretty brilliant.

And she goes on repeatedly about the lack of rebounds while crediting her tidying method but I think the whole sentience thing probably plays a bigger part. If you get that into your head and operate with that in mind, even prospective purchases have to go through this filter (will this Steam game that’s on sale ever be played and happy, or will it occupy hard drive space until I get a new computer?) and THAT is what keeps people from rebounding.

At least that’s my theory.

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Finally getting back to normality, some jobs around the house, tidying, changing the smoke alarm battery🔋then back downstairs 😊
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Hard afternoon in the garden, mowing the lawns (where it isn't to wet), pruned and cleaned most of the pots, planted Buxus in two rustic plant pots, cut back and cleaned the hellebores, admired shooting plants and early colours, before heading inside to read and get ideas on what I'm doing tomorrow
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Tidying up game
But where does this thing belong?
In an epic cave?
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Then empty the dishwasher before doing a little stretching and meditation ✔️
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Day Off today and time to catch up with the household chores before relaxing, first sorting out the laundry and putting out the food bin ✔️
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