As some may remember, I embarked on another Low/No Buy journey at the beginning of the year, with varied success. Going strong in January and parts of February, I fell back into old habits — buying a ton of books — in late February and early March, in part because of being stressed out about
As always: Spoiler alert — though it's not like much happens in the first place… That's what the Blurb says: Arlington Park is an ordinary English suburb. Over the course of a single day, the story moves from one household to another, revealing its characters: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in
The girls got their own room, as per their mother’s plan. Mother had set money aside, without telling father, to furnish the girls’ room. She put two new sets of desks and chairs by the sunny window and a new closet and bookcase by one wall, and gave them each a new sleeping mat, blanket
It is easy to mourn the live we aren’t living. Easy to wish we’d developed other talents, said yes to different offers. Easy to wish we’d worked harder, loved better, handled our finances more astutely, been more popular […]. But it is not the lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It
Okay, also erst mal sehr verspätet: Willkommen im neuen Jahr! Hoffe, euer Januar war nicht zu lange und ihr seid gut ins neue Jahr gestartet … Dann weiters: Der erste Monat meines No-Buy-(Halb)Jahres war ein echter Spaziergang und ich war ehrlich überrascht, wie easy alles gelaufen ist. Klar, ist nicht mein erstes Mal und deshalb
For a lack of creativity, this headline at least gets straight to the point… How was my first NO BUY month in 2022? Well… it went GREAT! At the end of the month, I still had a decent amount of money left! Alas, this will not go into my savings account (for now) but pay
Der Wunsch wäre dagewesen, alleine am Willen hat es offensichtlich gefehlt. Aus meinen zwei Low-Buy-Versuchen im Frühjahr und Sommer 2021 ist leider nicht viel geworden, mir fehlte fürs Durchhaltevermögen offensichtlich der Druck der großen Geste. Nun ja, hätte ich mir auch irgendwie denken können, war schließlich nicht das erste Mal, dass Vorsätze dieser Art mitten
As you may know by now, I'm a fan of grand gestures — at least when I have to start something new that might not be that easy for me. Back in early July, I wrote about wanting to start another Low Buy because I hadn’t reached my savings goal yet. Spoiler: Several months later
Lilia decided to leave a record for Katherine and Iola. No, she wasn’t thinking of Molly’s accusation. Lilia had no interest in acquitting herself of unfounded charges. But Katherine and Iola deserved something more than confusion. They couldn’t just have stories from Molly. Spoiler (also: general SPOILER ALERT): Katherine and Iola (Lilia’s granddaughter and great-granddaughter)
Ich weiß nicht, wie es bei euch so aussieht, aber in meiner kleinen Bubble ist Minimalismus Queen – und das schon seit mehr als drei Jahren. Angefangen mit ein bisschen Pinterest-Inspiration und ersten Buchrecherchen kam mein Einstieg dann mit Lina Jachmanns Einfach leben, ein wunderschönes Buch voller Anregungen für Verkleinerungen das Alltags in allen möglichen