Morning Rounds and Evening Musings

I had dinner with a good friend last night, and she was telling me that her husband was getting on her case, asking her to put her laundry away sooner instead of leaving in the basket all week. She said she realized that the reason she doesn't put her laundry away sooner is because she hates being faced with shoving clothes into overflowing drawers and jamming hangers into her closet. "There's just no space for all these clothes," she said. My response was "hmmm. It sounds like you need another dresser or something." "No, Lauren," she said, "what I need is to get rid of stuff!"

We then joked for awhile about becoming so attached to our stuff that we needed a storage locker, a bigger house, etc. instead of taking that as a sign that it was time to purge. But I've been thinking about that conversation a lot since last night, and have been struck with how difficult this whole simplicity thing really is. Accumulating (even when it begins to drive you crazy!) is so natural, so easy! So, I'm thankful for the reminder--my closet could probably use some purging as well. Clothing swap, here we come!