Nearly two years ago I moved to southern California, downsizing from a 3,400 square-foot house to a 2,008 space. There was a two week lag between the time I occupied the new (empty) house and the arrival of furniture. I quickly realized just how easily I could live with little more than an air mattress! It was liberating, reinvigorating and surprisingly...refreshing! Needless to say, once the moving truck pulled up I had already decided to sell/trash nearly half of my cumbersome items. Great article!
What a great, dare I say: "Self-Help", article? Your advice to change the terminology of what limits and/or ails us into actionable words, is timely, invigorating and quite remarkable! Thank you for sharing!
One could argue that busy writers boast many of the same unhealthy habits of truck drivers: seated for long periods of time, and a lack of stimulating "real-time" conversations with actual people. Unlike truck drivers we can (usually) take work breaks, go for a needed stroll, and refuel with a healthy meal.
It's refreshing to see that you did not crush him with your car...after all you'd be without your bethrothed if you had.
