Less Stuff More Action

Hi my name is Foy. I write this blog. I?ve been writing this blog for five years. It?s been many things:
A wedding journalA place to explore stepping out of the rat raceThe story of two years in Peace Corps PanamaA food manifestoIt?s time for another incarnation.


I?ve lived the type of lifestyle that forced me to own little. Between the ages of 18-28 I was proud everything I owned could fit in my car. In those ten years I had 37 roommates and lived in 16 different locations. I was a nomad, I was free. Yet somehow I wasn?t free of my stuff. Sure I had to pare down and fit everything in my grandpa?s old Park Avenue Buick, but I kept as much as that car would allow. I couldn?t see out the back window and even the passenger seat was full when I drove to my next apartment.

This drawer is actually called the "junk drawer".Today I?m 29 and my husband, Jeff, and I live in a 550 square foot apartment. It?s getting crowded. I?ve tried but I?ve never successfully made myself look at what I own from a utilitarian point of view. I always get wrapped up in the emotional story of my stuff. Well, it?s time. I?m going to break up with stuff.

Goal: To confront the belief that stuff makes me happy by identifying the purpose of the things I own; sorting through all my possessions and reducing what I own by one third by the New Year (46 days).

Want to come along and see how it goes? I hope you will. I hope you look at what you own in a different light. I hope you are inspired.