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Pack Rat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

by Susan Annette Smith | Feb 16, 2015 | Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

This is the true story of how two packrats met, fell in love, and decided to get married and live happily ever after. Then one of them converted to Minimalism.

The Lavender Santa Claus

by Susan Annette Smith | Dec 10, 2016 | My Serious Side, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

If you look closely, you’ll see him hidden behind his more traditional cousins on our fireplace mantle: the ceramic lavender-robed Santa with the gold-tipped, three-point jester’s cap and the big bowl of wassail. Lavender Santa is bad enough, but...

How I Lost Forty Pounds in One Day!

by Susan Annette Smith | Aug 20, 2016 | Miscellaneous Malarkey, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

It’s a miracle! I recently lost forty pounds in one day, and I did it without diet pills, protein shakes, or exercise. Okay, so the weight wasn’t actually on my body, but it had weighed on my spirit for years, and losing it made me feel as good as if my five-year-old...

Four Weeks in Hell, Part 5: My Bouncing Bundle of Gold (The Final Assignment)

by Susan Annette Smith | May 19, 2016 | Miscellaneous Malarkey, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

If you missed the beginning, the first four parts about my descent into writing hell are right here: The Torture Begins, Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band, A Charmin’ Experience, and Death, Destruction, and Polysendatons. Over four weeks I paid my...

Four Weeks in Hell, Part 4: Death, Destruction, and Polysendatons

by Susan Annette Smith | May 3, 2016 | Miscellaneous Malarkey, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

Parts 1, 2, and 3 are here, here and here. I sat back and scarfed down two Dove dark chocolates: one as a reward and the other as fortification for the next step, which JFM calls “Panning for Gold.” Our assignment was to get the S out of our FD and craft a...

Four Weeks in Hell, Part 3: A Charmin’ Experience

by Susan Annette Smith | Apr 25, 2016 | Miscellaneous Malarkey, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

This is a little like a soap opera. If you missed the first two episodes, here are the play-again buttons: Four Weeks in Hell, Part 1 and Four Weeks in Hell, Part 2 I should tell you about rule #2: No self-editing in jam writing. No correcting typos, no changing to a...

Four Weeks in Hell, Part 2: Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band

by Susan Annette Smith | Apr 11, 2016 | Miscellaneous Malarkey, Packrat to Minimalist: An Ongoing Journey

If you missed the beginning, the saga of my four weeks in writing hell starts here. Besides inundating us with preparatory requirements, JFM made us—dare I say it?—write every day for at least an hour. The first week we could write about anything. We could even...
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