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Physical clutter adds to mental busyness and internal chaos.

We can be Swedish and avoid saddling loved ones with mountains of stuff after we die.

Frugal living is having its moment.

Now that my kids are grown, I fantasize about giving away all our belongings, buying a beat-up hippie van, stuffing a mattress in it, and driving off—it doesn’t even matter where my husband and I go. (My husband is okay with this, as long as there's a kiteboard strapped to the roof.) Owning nothing, being free, and not being a slave to the dollar has great appeal. Many people imagine this scenario, and quite a few people live it. I feel that pruning my life might just unload my mind.

Along the esplanades of San Diego, a formerly practicing physician has been found gliding on a pair of rollerb

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