STUFF is life’s inventory, and you have to periodically say good-bye to barnacles on your ship of life. Stuff can be so UN-chic. Our stuff sadly makes us pack mules. Whether hauling a 10-pound handbag on our shoulders or rifling through one, it’s burdensome. Serving 3 appetizers when 1 would work, it’s toilsome. Putting 15 ingredients […]
Consumerism
Consume More Calm this Holiday Season
It’s that time of year – the Holidays – the grandest consumer-fest of all. We are consumers. We make the Consumer Price Index rise. We are measured with the Consumer Confidence Index. There are bureaus of consumer affairs, consumer magazines, and consumer networks. But I’m weary of being consumed. Consumption was the original word for […]