Tag: nothingnewin2023
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Happy New Year!
Throughout 2023 “my secondhand year,” I kept a running document of “MSY blog post ideas,” most of which I fleshed out into actual posts and published. But a couple never made it past the idea stage — one of which said simply, “What’s my why?” I guess I never wrote that post because that question…
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(Finally) Realizing What I Don’t Need
Apparently, 50-plus years of life are not enough. Nope. I needed 50-plus years of life (maybe 40 years of shopping?) AND a year of not shopping to realize that I don’t really need the things I think I need. I can hear myself in years past: “I need some new black pants.” “I really need…
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Finding Joy in a Dark, Crammed-Full Closet
I decided that if I could see my neighborhood as a tourist destination, then I could see my closet like a… fancy retail shop. I mean, for one thing, the clothes in there were actually purchased by me. So, presumably, I like them. At one point, probably not too long ago, they sparked joy for…
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I Bought Something
I’ve been quiet on here for a bit and was going to write a longer post this week, but I’m kind of busy so I’m just checking in with a quick update. And a confession. Actually this isn’t really a confession because, while I did purchase something new, I didn’t actually break one of my…
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Actually, Every Day Is NOT Christmas
During Covid, when we had really ramped up our online purchasing (hello Drizzly!), we had a joke in our family that every day was like Christmas. One of us would open the front door to behold the stoop stacked with packages and proclaim, “Merry Christmas!” (We were clearly on edge like the rest of the…
My Secondhand Year 