In my collapsible life, I’ve gone from living in a 4,000-square-foot house on an acre of land to a 1,000-square-foot two-bedroom city apartment to a 240-square-foot, Class-C RV.

And driven more than 40,000 miles (or about 65,000) kms around Canada, the USA and Mexico in the past five years.

On the way, I’ve learned a lot about cleaning up, clearing out, shifting gears, living small, minimizing and mindfulness.

Here’s are some of the key things I now know:

• You need less stuff than you think you do. (And you won’t miss it when it’s gone.)

• Stuff expands to fill the space allotted to it.

• Your loved ones love you, not your stuff.

I intend to use this space to reflect on this kinda stuff, to participate in the community living to #havelessdomore, and to share what wisdom I think I’ve gleaned over the past 10 years.

Looking forward to it,

Laurie