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Amy Baumgarten's avatar

Oh I love this piece so much! I’d like to do a study on the connection between anxiety levels and the ability to pack light… I feel like the heavier we feel inside, the more “stuff” we need to have with us. I know I fall into this category!

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Kells McPhillips's avatar

This! Yes! I’m in favor of this study. Thank you for reading, Amy ❤️

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marylou's avatar

….your living / writing is now

your writing / living… a giant step…

Sunlight everywhere…...ml

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Kells McPhillips's avatar

❤️🦋

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Lizzy's avatar

Happy re-arranging!!

Love you.

❤️

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Kells McPhillips's avatar

Love love love you!

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Linda Piontek's avatar

I love this post, Kells! This paragraph is my favorite—

When it comes to our minds, there’s no packing light. We can’t fold pieces of ourselves neatly into packing cubes or ball up elements of our personalities and stuff them into shoes. We have to haul our whole selves all the time.

Yes yes yes! So well said! I wish I could fold up my worries and put them in a packing cube!

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Kells McPhillips's avatar

Thank you, Linda! Haha, I often wish I could store certain thought patterns in packing cubes and just shove them under the bed...

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