autumn
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Turning Inward, Don’t Leave Out the Light!
We are now on the dark side of Winter Nights—the dawn of the cooling season, marked on 10/31-11/1. We light candles to symbolize warmth and light. Some of us get the woodstove warming the house for the first time since last winter. I’m conservative of firewood, so I wait until the downstairs gets a chill… Continue reading
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Jars, Pill Bottles, and the Scarcity We Carry
The past few weeks, I’ve been moving through a gentle round of decluttering — the kind that feels less like a task and more like a quiet reset. A few bags of clothing have gone out the door, and today I’ll be tending to a couple of kitchen cabinets, letting go of jars I no… Continue reading
autumn, decluttering, hoarding disorder, Holistic Home Solutions, home, hygge, inherited scarcity scripts, intergenerational transmission, lifestyle, mental health, minimalism, modeling effect, nervous system support, organizing, residential organizing, scarcity mentality, space clearing, trauma-informed care
