Declutter Your Fantasy Self
"Imagination will take you everywhere," said Albert Einstein, and he was right. As humans, we're limited in what we know and understand, but imagination transcends all of that. Unfortunately, we tend to bolster our fantasies by buying the props that go with them. Francine Jay, author of The Joy of Less and Lightly , calls this "aspirational stuff." These are the things we buy to project a certain image, to impress others, or to help ourselves believe we're a certain type of person. How my fantasies inspired shopping. I once imagined I was a great home cook, so I decided I needed a shelf full of celebrity cookbooks and drawers full of specialty gadgets. With a little more imagination I might have decided I needed a professional six burner stove and a Sub-Zero refrigerator too. In reality, I don't enjoy multi-step cooking day after day. I fix crock pot and one skillet meals, I use certain recipes often, and I've decided I don't have to im