It has become quickly evident that organization is key. Before bringing anything into a small home you must be able to decide if you need it or you want it. We, as a society, want a lot. We actually need very little, but what we need is very important. Shelter, food, safety, perhaps love. I am excluding our incessant love of objects here...I mean another person.
As someone who has taken the first tentative steps toward a smaller life but has the resources to buy pretty much what she wants, this whole change seems crazy to most. I am learning the difference in my emotions when deciding between what I want and what I need. What I want is almost always something physical, something pretty, perhaps kinda blingy. It is almost always intoxicating in the moment I want it!
What I need, I am finding, is not always something I can touch and buy. Need is much less emotion driven for me. It is, more often than not, the logical side of me that makes these decisions. This is a domain I have considered the sole territory of Salty for all these years. He was and is very good at logic. Me, not so much, I like to color where and when I want on the page.
Where am I going with this little ramble? I want a deck for the tiny beach house but I need to keep the cost minimal. Between Salty and I we should be able use logic and color outside the lines. To be continued.....:)
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