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[darkoshi]

Bro and Pard have finally moved out. It's a good feeling, having my house back to myself again. Being able to have the whole house clean, being able to have a clean kitchen and clean dishes; and knowing that they will stay relatively clean unless I make them dirty. Being able to use the bottom shelf in the fridge again.

I think they tried hard to keep things clean and not to be a bother to me. But obviously I'm more finicky about cleanliness and neatness than them.

That's one of the benefits of having my own place; being able to keep it as clean and uncluttered as I want. At Forestfen's, I had no control over the clutter because it wasn't my stuff.

Qiao did something nice for me yesterday, but I reacted badly to it. I wish I had been more gracious. Last week, I had exclaimed to Qiao that Bro and Pard had used all my plastic food containers. So Qiao bought me a big box of tupperware of different shapes and sizes... but my immediate reaction was consternation, thinking that I didn't need *that* many containers, and thinking that it would fill up and clutter my cupboards. That's sort of an issue with me. I don't want my house to end up looking like Forestfen's did. I like having some free space in the cabinets and closets; not having everything totally full. I like the house to feel open and airy, not full of too much furniture and stuff.

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[syrtia.livejournal.com]

That was one of the things I liked about your house in your videos, it is so open and airy. I have my family trained for the most part, they keep things neat if I ride their ass. But if I ever stop paying attention for a few days it devolves into chaos.

After declaring minimalism as a primary life goal, communicating this to our family and friends, and selling all of our non essentials my mother in law bought me a fondue set for Christmas. Seriously, wtf ?

[darkoshi]

Heheh... Yep, Christmas is hard for me too in that way. In the past, I've thought about telling my family that I don't want any gifts, because unless it's something that I specifically asked for, or something edible and vegan, I often feel obliged to appreciate and keep a gift even when it's something I don't want or need. But I like giving other people gifts, so it seems somewhat unfair to tell them not to get me anything.