A few weeks ago when I wrote about the Darshan Karat, the man who generated only two trash bags in one year, I committed to bringing my own containers to restaurants to reduce the trash generated by bringing leftovers home.  It breaks my heart when we carry home stacks of styrofoam clamshells that are only a fifth full.

Recently, this quote on Instagram jumped out at me:

Everything you have will one day be given. - Kahlil Gibran

In searching for it on the web later, I couldn’t find it.  Left to wonder about Gibran’s intended meaning and context, I assigned a literal meaning.

Watch a vintage Inspired Office segment on Let’s Talk Live below and click here to listen to my tax time advice on the Kojo Nnamdi show.

Imagine sitting down at a desk that is straight out of the 20th century: beautiful pens, favorite notebooks, blank paper, perhaps some art supplies, not a device in sight. Believe it or not, you can get away with a tech-free desk -  if it’s your second desk.  

When I saved this note to Evernote this week, I couldn’t believe that I didn’t already have a “Vision Board” tag in my “Personal” notebook.  My sister forwarded me an email announcing new homes for sale in our favorite American vacation town, Alys Beach on the Gulf of Mexico on Florida’s panhandle. 

As I like to reinforce in my Minimalism video series, I too am on the spectrum of “struggles with clutter.” Everyone has a clutter tolerance threshold. As a professional organizer, my threshold is low, but the struggle is real. Low as it is, it gets crossed, and I snap! Here is a picture of how I WISH SO BADLY my dining room looked on a typical day.