It's happened: summer is upon us. Schools are opening wide their doors and letting the youth surge forth to do as they may. Parents are panicking slightly at their offsprings' newfound freedom, and desperately plotting ways to keep them entertained. Bags the globe round are being packed as children are thusly shipped off to summer camp, as friends and lovers push their rolling desk chairs away their work with bravado, buy new sunglasses for no ...

I'm sure I recall an English professor of mine explaining a theory about how buying ripped clothing is the height of extravagance; if you can afford to buy intentionally ruined clothing, you are somehow broadcasting your riches. I'm also newly convinced that today's topic is the storage equivalent to the new-ripped clothes. Everyone is after more storage space. More! You all bellow. I need more! (Please sir?) So, what could possibly feel more extravagant than ...

My sister recently reminded me (though I could hardly ever forget) about the savage girl wars I experienced throughout elementary school. From the end of third grade until the end of eighth, I was The Girls' most hated girl. Never a bully or a meanie, myself, at first the collective hatred on the part of my female classmates was hurtful. After all, I was just being myself. I was friends with all the boys and ...

I'm sorry. I think I should begin by saying that? Today's eyeball treat is the work of Sawyer Berson, an architecture, design, and landscape firm that, apparently, can make Hamptons home dreams come true. So, yes, I should definitely say sorry. Anyhow, I should at least warn you to ready your jaw-catching hand and cover your keyboard in case of drool... Unless, of course, you don't like shingles, paths of gravel perfectly sized to deliver the ...

In my work with clients, I teach them to rewire their thinking about stuff, since their old way of thinking and dealing with material objects clearly wasn’t working. One of the most important of these is the thought process that accompanies capacity. That is, your mental process when you go to put something away and find there’s no more room for it.   Those who don’t yet know how to Live Simply will, in that ...