Every time I buy something new — a jacket, a pair of knives, a brand of cereal I haven’t yet tried — and bring it up in a conversation, I get asked 99% of the time: how much does it cost? I understand it’s a
A different perspective on how I view minimalism When people try to imagine what minimalism is like, they imagine throwing away 95% of their stuff, having one of everything (from chairs to cups to spoons), or using the cheapest option for
Back in the old days, people used to live in small villages, helping their family manage the farm, tend the chickens and milk the cows. It was a simple life, indeed, yet they were happy. Happy to breathe the fresh
A lesson learned from nearly a decade’s worth of relationship
The last thing my ex had said to me at the end of our nearly-a-decade relationship was, “I booked you a ticket back to the States.”
At the time, he had already been seeing someone else and in an effort to facilitate his new relationship, decided to book me a one-way ticket back to the States without warning.
Dim sum. Flights. Clothes. Fresh fruits…kitchen tools. Money was, after all, something my parents didn’t have much of growing up.