The Secret To Happiness Just Changed: Reject Luxury

It’s time to wake up and embrace simplicity

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Our shower is leaking.

There’s a big hole in our kitchen ceiling (where the water dripped through a light socket — never a good sign). I hoped that would reveal the cause, but it didn’t. So now we’re in a no man’s land where we don’t know what the problem is, let alone the solution.

So we have baths, for the first time in years. I love it.

Washing is now not all about efficiency but enjoyment. Standing and washing in a shower feels urgent. If I spend too long, I feel guilty. In a bath, it feels like my duty to relax.

When we moved into our home, there was no dishwasher. A year later, there’s still no dishwasher because I’ve fallen in love with washing up. It’s meditative, process-driven, and you come out with a tangible result a few minutes later.

It is all very soothing to my brain.

What is happening to me?

Yes, I’m getting old, I know that, but there’s more going on here.

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