Saying Tehillim in the car was a well-practiced habit by now— davening for good news as I sped through the city streets
October 2018
“Does your stuff… spark joy?” I asked skeptically. “That helps you get rid of clutter?”
“Yeah,” my coworker Allison replied. “It’s called the Marie Kondo method. You hold every item in your house, then ask whether it sparks joy. If the answer is no, you dump it. That way, you’re left only with the things that give you happiness.”
My fellow teachers and I were eating lunch in my classroom and discussing the new trend of minimalism that seemed to be taking over the Internet.
“Interesting,” I said, then took another bite of my salad.
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