Think of it like postcards from your eccentric aunt.
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Now as we settle into this new normal, we are calming down, reassessing, and asking ourselves how we can fit our normal sustainable living parameters around these unprecedented circumstances.
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Being totally present, not being anxious about tomorrow's news cycle or counting how many days have passed, will open the door to the bounty of where we are right this moment.
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Slow travel, or mindful travel, is like slow fashion (as opposed to fast fashion), slow food (vs. fast food), or #theartofslowliving.
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Marie Kondo, with her precious little square-folded tshirts and all the sparks of joy she asked us to feel, was really teaching us some of the basic principles of Buddhism and Taoism - non-attachment.
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LESSON: Take daylight hours seriously and plan accordingly. Very seriously. If you’re at all prone to getting stir-crazy, maybe don’t travel to far northern latitudes in the dead of winter.
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True confessions: packing for this trip on the RV was one of the least organized or thoughtful processes I’ve done in a long while. All that got me through was my handy-dandy packing planner.
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The high beams occasionally grazed the red walls sliding by like a sleeping leviathan. We came around a corner and a flash of lightning illuminated the cliffs and mesas that were opening up around us - but only for a second.
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In the academic world, the bibliography goes at the end of your work. You cite your sources after you’ve said all you came to say. I’m going to flip that.
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Little by little, our house is becoming both more minimal and less plasticky. The important part of this whole process is to consume less.
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