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Anna Schott's avatar

This reminded me of how maddening/freeing it was determining what to pack when I decided to live out of a backpack for a couple of years.

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Adam Nathan's avatar

Thanks for reading this. I was in the middle of a crazy push to get ready for a job interview (in 48 minutes!) that having anything supportive coming in was a balm.

I'll never forget standing over all the crap on my bed and dividing it into piles. It was liberating. So was realizing over the course of the next 9 weeks that I really did need anything at all to be happy. Everything was what showed up for me: people, places, ideas, good and bad, but not material. I wish I was more present to that now.

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Mr. Troy Ford's avatar

"Let me live in my house by the side of the road

And be a friend to man." - Sam Walter Foss

This was very touching, I can just imagine your two angels - and to think you'd met them before, THAT's fortuitous. But I let out an audible "YES!" when you started unpacking- LOVE a good purge!

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Adam Nathan's avatar

They were truly lovely people. For years I kept a small slip of paper with their phone and address on it. I wouldn't be surprised if they've passed by now. Sometimes I wanted to be published for the generous - for me anyway - idea of sending it to them so they could read about themselves and be honored in some way. At minimum, another book to put on their shelf.

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Anna Schott's avatar

I’ve been suffering from “my house is too small to hold all my shit” and “how much did you say that storage unit is again?” Ever since. Time to get on the road again? Good luck with the job!

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