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My March #Bookspin wasn't spectacular. It didn't have much new information, but I'm happy that it wasn't a DNF, and it did remind me of why I continue to declutter and simplify my home and life. #COYER

Numbers 2 and 17 on my #Bookspin list for March - Simple Matters by Erin Boyle and The First Pillar by Roy Huff. Both qualify for #COYER

This is alright it did help short term to stop shopping but I wasn‘t an active spender anyway

1. The clothes, toys, beds/blankets and other items from my pets who have passed away
2. Electronics. If they work, I don't get rid of them just so I can buy the newest technology
3. Clothes. I will wear them until they start to get holey or ratty tatty. I also don't get rid of clothes just so I can be the newest trends

@dabbe

This was a good, inspiring book to get me into a decluttering mindset. The author blogged about her 1 year shopping ban, but left out a lot of the personal turmoil. She includes all of the messy bits in this book. She examines not just her habits but triggers for overspending as well binge eating, binge drinking, and binge tv watching. I love stories like this, flaws and all, where people choose to challenge themselves by becoming more mindful 💚

This was interesting. I think that I am already at a “medium chill” stage (pretty much happy with the status quo), and some people are like that, but it‘s not something that the author feels will really take off with most people. The author initially talks about how Western society became so materialistic... cont in comments...

Starting this on #kindle just don't touch my eBooks 😜😂

My contribution to the office holiday party. 😂

I finally succumbed to reading this collection, with its title that launched a million derivatives. I can't deny that the writing is beautiful - spare and evocative and singular - but DAMN, the misogyny! The experience was a wild ride between appreciating the deliberate, finely-tuned emotional subtext one minute and then being like, "fucking YIKES" the next. Carver paints his pictures really, really well...I just hate what he's showing me.

I love this book! It really helped me identify my own personal style (not fashion, or fad etc, but my unique individual style) and how to live that out in any budget, circumstance, comparison, lifestyle. It‘s dense and wordy, and is helpful if you‘re willing to put in the work in your closet.

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