Greetings! The name is Time Lizzy, or Time as my friends call me. They/Them pronouns. I love to try new things, draw, sing, dance, garden, and I do some witchcraft in my free time. I'm a Hetalia role playing partner if you guys are interested.
lower-income people tend to be “hoarders” and richer people are able to do more “minimalist” living spaces. if u don’t have much, you will hold onto any little thing that comes across your way. you got a new tv, but you still keep the old tv because you know things can break. you keep extra boxes of macaroni and cheese lying around because there will be a week when you don’t have money for groceries. you hold onto your stacks of books and clothes for dear life. those are your assets. physical evidence of where your money’s gone. it’s hard to get rid of it. the bare wall is terrifying when you don’t have much.
Fuck. This makes so much sense and explains so much about me. I must have inherited this from my mum.
so I’d normally put this in the tags but it’s kind of a lot so just reblog this from OP to skip my commentary. But I dogsit for a family who is clearly LOADED. Their house is immaculate. High, vaulted ceilings, wood flooring, two chandeliers in one room. These things are fancy, right ?? I really don’t know, anything that isn’t tile or 30 year old carpet seems fancy to me. It also so… bare. Everything is organized perfectly, they have no excess. Their decor is extravagant and yet minimal – it is carefully and precisely executed. Nothing that doesn’t match the aesthetic sits in their living room. I tried to replicate some of it, but it’s just not possible. I have every book I’ve ever owned, my mom keeps papers upon papers, VHSs in a dresser, how do you just get rid of these things when you know you may not have the opportunity to buy them again? How must it feel to live in such orderly quarters where everything is replaceable?
This really locked into my brain when I was reading one of the declutter your space things and it suggested getting rid of duplicate highlighters and pens. /Pens/. It suggested that you needed one or two working pens, so if you had extra you should get rid of them. That was when I realized minimalist living was /innately/ tied to having spare money, because the idea was, of course you just went out and bought the single replacement thing whenever the first thing broke. You obv. Had the time and money to only ever hold what you needed that moment, because you could always buy more later.
there’s a nice article titled “minimalism is just another boring product wealthy people can buy” by Chelsea Fagan which i feel addressed lots of my problems with minimalism, you can read it [here]
Vague posting is lame. Talk to the people who are bothering you. Use “I feel” statements rather than placing blame on them or saying things like “you made me”. Directly talk to the people you’re bothered by. Take responsibility for your actions and for how they tell you they feel. Talk to people, not about them. Accept that resolution may not be what you expected, or that sometimes you have to let things go.
Communicate effectively. Vague communication isn’t communication.
John Wojtowicz famously robbed a bank to pay for Liz’s sex reassignment surgery, which inspired the film Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Wojtowicz was sentenced to twenty years in prison, but served six. Using the money from the film, Liz was able to pay for her sex change.
I’ve seen his mugshot a thousand times but never this
this part in ‘my negative thinking’ is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITES in the series (second only to patton’s “ya call those glasses” joke in fitting in) and i rarely see it mentioned
patton: yeah, i’m taking care of princey here, kiddos. alright roman, soup time!
roman: cream of broccoli?!? i told you i hate— mm nevermind, this is delicious
logan: oh, that is not good. a cream-based broth will upset princey’s stomach
thomas: logic, fOCUS
it’s just so… wholesome?? patton is feeding thomas’ ego? with soUP!?! roman’s lil “mm nevermind” is absolutely adorable? and logan remembers this little detail about the broth and he’s all concerned!! for roman!! he cares and it’s so cute and they’re all such a sweet domestic lil family who care about each other and feed each other soup afdjlk i love them so much
Think Things 