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The 10 Things I Can’t Live Without
Crashing the ‘10 Things I Can’t Live Without’ party
Sandygold, Danielle Loewen, Ching Ching, Eric Pierce, Paul Combs, Anthony J. Yeung, Orla Kenny, Simon Dillon, Kevin Alexander, Paul Mansfield, Matt Inman, Chris Zappa, Sean Oliver, Aimée Gramblin, Nicol Valentin, Sarah Paris, Erik Burger, Jessie Waddell, Arpad Nagy, et al — May I join in the fun?
In my retirement, I live in a fifth wheel, large enough for what I need but small enough to have required me, before moving in, to distinguish want from need.
So there I was, sitting on the floor in my apartment making a decision about whether each item I owned should be put into one of the packing boxes surrounding me, or should be something somebody less fortunate than I could find on a shelf at Goodwill.
— Skillets: The small one is what I’ve used most often, just for me. I don’t want there to be “just me” for the rest of my life, though, so I’ll keep the large one.
— Jeans, t-shirts and sweatshirts, need and keep. Suits? No corporate rat-run anymore, so donate. What about my floor-length purple velvet dress? I love this dress. Well, OK, but donate all the rest of this stuff you paid good money for but haven’t worn in two years.
