Category: coping (Page 3 of 3)

Remove. Rinse. Repeat?

January 2, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

In looking at writing today, I went through the “55 tips to help you say goodbye to your things” from Fumio Sasaki’s book “Goodbye, Things” that I continually discuss and use as my personal workbook for minimizing the clutter in my life.

Two of the things that he mentions were sticking out to me today. The first is, “Ask yourself why you can’t part with your things.” and the second is, “If you lost it, would you buy it again?”

Let’s talk about what it is to be a minimalist in 2019.

January 1, 2019 / The Great Fartsupial

I had a heated conversation with someone over what it is to be a “minimalist”. I realized that there are probably a few readers of my site that don’t fully understand what I am trying to do in my life, and what I am striving for.

“This one goes out to the one[s] I love.”
– R.E.M.

Minimalism comes with a price or lack thereof.

December 30, 2018 / The Great Fartsupial

I bought some items yesterday for the first time in a long time. Granted, I had to trade in things to Vintage Stock to get to money to spend, but I was able to purchase things nonetheless.

For someone who used to spending money occasionally, this was a thrill. I finally got to impulse buy since losing my job, and I didn’t have to worry about the consequences, as long as I stayed within my means.

My Minimalism Year

December 28, 2018 / The Great Fartsupial

I have reflected on my past year online, only to realize that I am still searching for the cure to my mental illness.

BTW, there is no cure.

I’ve been afraid to come back here.

November 28, 2018 / The Great Fartsupial

A lot has changed since I last logged onto I Fart Online, and I needed some time to get my shit together.

Consider my shit “somewhat” together.

Observing Life By the Sidelines

October 13, 2018 / The Great Fartsupial

During one of my shifts at my job as an ophthalmic tech, I was preparing a patient to see the doctor. He was in his sixties and in excellent spirits and health. No actual problems on the surface — mind you, this was before the doctor had seen him. I don’t know how we got onto the subject, but he started to talk about his childhood. It seems that when you are in a field where you are in a “one on one” situation with another person, they sometimes feel like they can open up to you, or tell you things about themselves that weren’t relevant to the case.

Bartenders can sympathize.

What happened.

September 16, 2018 / The Great Fartsupial

Let me start from the beginning.

I’m having a hard time lately with energy and sleep patterns. I would come home and “crash,” wake up to take my medications, and then go to bed, and wake up before the alarm would go off.

It’s annoying.