It took a move abroad in the midst of a global pandemic to make me think about minimalism seriously Reading Marie Kondo is all fine but it really took a move abroad in the midst of a global pandemic to even make me think about minimalism seriously.
Let me take a few steps back and explain. According to my well-meaning friends, the mid-40s is not a great age to shift base to a new country.
Yet that is exactly what my husband and I did just two months ago. We packed our bags and headed from India, where we had lived all our lives, to Malaysia.
He for his new job, and I, to be with him. Vamsi and I packed what we thought were “essentials" for six weeks—the time it would take for our cargo to reach our house in Kuala Lumpur—into five