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My story: athlete, executive, standup comedian and now writer living in Vancouver, Canada.
Transitioning careers, climbing out $50,000 of debt, dating after a 7 year hiatus, losing 45 pounds and getting rid of half of my possessions have all required the same life skill; managing change.
Update: January 2012 and I’ve moved to London with two suitcases.
‘To get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done.’
You can contact me at katydunnet at (as in @) gmail . com
Views expressed in this blog are my own, and are not those of any past, current or future employer.
You rock Katy!! Just discovered your blog! cool stuff!
Thanks Darcy! Good luck in NZ. Will be cheering you from here.
LOVE IT
Thanks Leigh Ann! I’m now wondering what else I could have been doing with all that free time while rowing.
Congrats on the wedding! Loved the photos.
Great stuff Katy! Thanks for more than just another on-line distraction but a great read!
Thanks Stephane. I appreciate the positive feedback. Especially from a communications person! Cheers.
actually, that’s the philosophy iv’e had for a while, but i don’t think i’ve ever been able to articulate it, Wunderbar!
hey you!
this is solid gold.
i used to live in germany, got more than bored, gave pretty much everything (but the music) away, sold the car, bought an old van and lived in it for almost three and a half years.
about 2 years ago i moved into fixed walls again, but in the very nature without any neighbours so i can go ahead with finding different ways of living without beeing distracted from the environment.
i am used to pick up stuff others leave behind around or in the bins, built garden toilets made out of palets, living on solar and wind power, water from a well, burning wood from the streets and the cuttings from surgering the trees, started a vegy garden, and so on…
and still i´m thinking about what i really need, what others might need, what i could give them (as best in non materials) and asking myself if i´m still kinda waisting my time with stuff i´m doin usually.
so where is the border between a minimalistic life and a life with even much less than that..?
a kiss and a hug from the south of spain,
flow
Good blog!
I’ve been living (and working) out of my backpack for three years now, spending most of my time moving around Asia.
I haven’t needed anything more than the 20kgs (a lot of that is my huge laptop!) I carry on my back. In storage (parents) I have just one box measuring 2ftx2ftx2ft containing mainly cds, some dvds, a few special books, some tax/banking papers and a couple of bits and pieces from my school years. Haven’t needed to touch that box in those three years so I really should get rid of it!
Hey, can you please email me? Thanks
www.everydayminimalist.com/?page_id=641
Nice pic!
Katy, as always you amaze me.
Just read your post on missminimalist. I think you have accomplished lots so far in your life, and am glad that you have found happiness in simplifying to open up space and time in your life.
I’m hoping to simplify my life and find the time to enjoy the things that matter most to me.
Awesome – love the blog!
Oh, how I wish I could do more in my life… I love the art of giving more while acquiring less…
What’s your second passport?
UK, thanks to my parents immigrating to Canada the day after they were married.
And I thought owning only six pairs of jeans was a fashion blunder! Just stumbled upon your website, I’ll be sticking around. Thanks for the lovely articles! You’re a talent writer. Cheers!
Thanks! I should post a jeans update soon. The subject always fascinates me as some people own a dozen and others own 2 pairs.
Why, yes! You should. That would be a interesting topic. Yet, there are millions who cannot afford jeans…that would be a good subject to bring in.