Minimalism

A couple of months ago I proposed in Minimalism Part 1 that I was going to attempt to bring new life to my home by discarding and organising everything that I own. Me and the Mrs have now read the Marie Kondo book; The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying . So we feel that we’re ready to tackle the first category… Clothes! Back in November I split my Minimalism journey into 8 categories to better manage the heft of it all. After reading Marie Kondo’s book I’ve learned a few new things, one of them is to do clothing all at once, mainly so that you can pile all of the clothing you own into a big heap and admire it (or think what the hell happened?) ...

Do you ever get that general feeling of unease and not know where it’s coming from? You begin to feel agitated, or for a more fun word from my Italian heritage; you become agitato. When you’re agitato you’re not very fun to be around. General symptoms include anger, impatience, and annoyance. Being agitato means that you’d rather curl up into a ball and wallow in self-pity than do anything productive. ...