tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post7076828978693216028..comments2024-03-27T05:07:44.092-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Yes, you can do it!Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-11232102043746191722018-09-05T06:47:02.766-07:002018-09-05T06:47:02.766-07:00Smartphones are enormous time-wasters! I know it f...Smartphones are enormous time-wasters! I know it from personal experience:) Anyway, I've read somewhere that in more traditional countries like Italy women used to spend their free hours doing crafts like crocheting, now it's just fiddling with your phone. Not sure if true, but can believe it...Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-1778185150895686082018-09-05T05:47:33.793-07:002018-09-05T05:47:33.793-07:00And if people are in a bus or train, they just pla...And if people are in a bus or train, they just play with their phones or work with their laptops. Nobody reads anymore. <br /><br />Or writes. Think about Simoine de Beauvoir or some other intellectual writing in some Paris cafeteria: unheard of nowadays. Housewife Outdoorsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-21047774692056283922018-09-04T11:13:10.386-07:002018-09-04T11:13:10.386-07:00Here is where decluttering and minimalism helps:) ...Here is where decluttering and minimalism helps:) Agree about books, when I go for a walk in the evenings I see people staring into a huge size screen but never ever reading. I recently started going outside in the mornings with a book. Passers by look at me as if I'm doing something indecent. Makes me wonder if they can read:) There was an article on ZeroHedge which compared how much time people of different countries spend reading per week. When your country is behind Turkey like mine, well I don't know what to say....Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-78886440494416877252018-09-04T08:43:56.718-07:002018-09-04T08:43:56.718-07:00One reason people seem to need bigger houses is th...One reason people seem to need bigger houses is that they have so much possessions. If you think about, say, as distant past as the 80's, people did not have so much stuff. Not so many clothes, not so many pots and kettles. Family usually had ONE tv, and for example my family did not have microwave owen or VHS recorder before 90's. (I don't have microwave at the moment, either.)People did not hoard shoes and handbags and such. Kids did not get ALL the famous and fashionable toys. My niece has at least 10 "Monster's High" dolls and several other barbies and such. I had three (fake) barbies and one Ken. One of my barbies actually had broken leg and she did fine in her doll life. :)<br /><br />What people have less, is books. I sometimes feel that I and my parents are the last people in Finland who actually have big bookshelves. <br /><br />Another reason is that furniture is awfully large nowadays. Housewife Outdoorsnoreply@blogger.com