The story goes that Michelangelo created his beautiful statues by visualizing what was trapped inside the marble and chipping away everything that wasn’t the statue. Before you can untether yourself as an expat you have to undergo a similar transformation. You need to chip away everything that … [Read more...] about To Untether, First Take Inventory
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More on Getting Rid of Stuff
The battle to whittle down our stuff continues. . . I've posted before about our efforts to sell off the household items, furniture and furnishings that we don't want to move abroad with. (You can see some of those posts here, here and here. (And no, that's not my stuff in the … [Read more...] about More on Getting Rid of Stuff
I Really, Really Hate Garage Sales
Tomorrow our neighborhood holds a twice-yearly garage sale, and we're participating. Yes, we need to get rid of a lot of excess baggage before our overseas move. Yes, garage sales are a way to do that. But I really, truly detest garage sales. I don't like going to them and pawing through other … [Read more...] about I Really, Really Hate Garage Sales