"Having too much stuff is clouding our vision and creating unnecessary stress. It's hard to get dressed if your closet is 50% full of stuff you never wear. The method was simple, almost militant: Take everything you own, pile it in the middle of the room, and touch each item one by one. That old college sweatshirt? The box of middle school art projects your mom guilt-dropped on you? Ask yourself if it sparks joy. If it doesn't, out it goes."
"Since January 1st, I've written 110,000 words of my book and about 120,000 words for these 45 Substack essays. Which is all to say, I don't have a groundbreaking essay about investing in the right person, or a practical guide to estate planning. As I write this in late September, I have about five weekends left to complete my book."
110,000 words of a book and about 120,000 words across 45 Substack essays have been produced since January 1st, leaving roughly five weekends to finish the book. Exhaustion of mental bandwidth motivates a light-hearted three-part series inspired by Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up to help get personal affairs in order before year-end. Core advice emphasizes decluttering money to focus on priorities, stop wasting energy on managing chaos, and unsubscribe from newsletters that push products. The KonMari method of piling possessions, touching each item, and keeping only what sparks joy reveals habits, guilt, and inertia. Swedish Death Cleaning is presented as a reminder to declutter now so loved ones avoid sorting junk later.
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