Empty Nest Expat

One year ago I started this blog to help me go through the emotional journey of graduating my youngest child from high school, downsizing a...

Craigslist rocks. Here’s why: the old way of eliminating possessions when one is moving is to select a date for a garage sale, be organized ...

“Once again, I have taken on something impossible: water with grasses undulating on the bottom…. It is wonderful to look at, but maddening t...

This weekend I realized I've already experienced SHEDDING in the work world. I once led a three-year effort to SHED all sorts of practi...

I once took a week-long jazz appreciation class with an older gentleman who celebrated out loud at the start of our class how exciting it wa...

Wow, that got your attention. It’s not what you might think. SHED is Julie Morgenstern’s acronym from her book “When Organizing Isn’t Enou...

When it came to purchasing music, the good ole days weren't better. In my tweens, we purchased "45s", records that contained ...

The number one search term that brings people to my blog are labels on Julie Morgenstern and her book “When Organizing Isn’t Enough.” A lot...

There is a first-rate article in Oprah Magazine (yes, I'm an official member of the cult) this month by Julie Morgenstern excerpting her...