We don’t have walk-in closets, or built-in closets, or wall closets, or whatever you call it. The only storage we have in our thousand-square foot home, is behind a curtain along the shorter side of our rectangular house, using up the space below a vaulted ceiling. That’s also where we keep our clothes, and behind…
Thankful
I Fell in Love with Erika
It all started while listening to the podcast Dead Eyes. In his podcast, the actor Connor Ratliff is trying to cope with losing a role in Band of Brothers years ago, because Tom Hanks thought he had dead eyes. Supposedly. Last week I listened to episode 12 of the second season, and Connor ends it…
Money Gods
I came across Madame Moneypenny, quite a while ago, then I read Mindful Money, and I listened to The Millionaires Next Door, and learned about the FIRE movement. My mind was blown away. My whole money believe-system was shattered. In a good way. I used to believe that:You had to be a millionaire in order…
Looking up
I don’t know why it exactly happens, or when it all started… Well, actually that’s a lie. Over the last year and a half, I have been observing my behavior quite carefully, trying to analyze the root of all evil. What I am talking about, is retail therapy. I like to shop. I shop when…
Elephants
So! I have been listening to a lot of non-fiction audiobooks since last summer. I am not totally sure, when and where it started. But I do know it started with reducing my financial illiteracy, which led to decluttering, which led to figuring out what’s important to me and my family. Below I included a…
Object TLC – Terror, Loss and Catastrophe
When I first came to the US as an exchange student at sixteen, I was amazed that no one seemed to lock their doors. I stayed with families in a tiny town, and their homes were always open, just like their cars. But while driving through Toledo, Ohio, we would lock the car doors from…
Analog Nostalgia
I recently spoke with a friend, who told me that she is very nostalgic. I was so excited to hear this, I didn’t even let her finish the sentence, and exclaimed right away: „Me too!“ I have actually been thinking about nostalgia for quite some time. This avalanche was caused by the book Identitti by…
Four Letter Stores
I do have a weakness for brands with four-letter names, especially European ones: IKEA, ALDI, and LEGO for example. Each of them deserves its own post, but today’s text is dedicated to Lego. I love it… and I hate it. Despite having grown up in East Germany, I did have some real Lego to play…
My Grandma the Minimalist
„Was willst du dieses Jahr zu Weihnachten?“ / „What do you want for Christmas this year?“, I would often ask my grandma, and every time she would reply: „Ich brauch’ nichts, ich hab doch schon alles.“ / „I don’t need anything, I already have everything.“ My mother often complained that my grandmother, her mother, would…