Pali nkhani zambiri za momwe munthu amene sanasowe kalikonse, yemwe amagula zinthu, zovala, zipangizo, magalimoto, ndi zina zotero, amasiya mwadzidzidzi kuchita izi ndikukana kugwiritsira ntchito, amakonda minimalism. Zimabwera pakumvetsetsa kuti zinthu zomwe timagula si ife.
“Sindingathe kufotokoza bwinobwino chifukwa chake ndikakhala ndi zochepa, m’pamenenso ndimamva bwino kwambiri. Ndikukumbukira masiku atatu ku Boyd Pond, kusonkhana zokwanira banja la anthu asanu ndi mmodzi. Ndipo ulendo woyamba wopita ndekha kumadzulo, zikwama zanga zinali zodzaza ndi mabuku ndi zokongoletsera ndi zigamba zomwe sindinazigwirepo.
Ndimakonda kugula zovala kuchokera ku Goodwill ndikuzibwezera pamene sindimamvanso pathupi langa. Ndimagula mabuku m'masitolo athu am'deralo kenako ndikuwagwiritsanso ntchito zina. Nyumba yanga ili ndi zojambulajambula ndi nthenga ndi miyala, koma mipando yambiri inalipo kale pamene ndinabwereka: zifuwa ziwiri zong'ambika, makabati a khitchini a paini, ndi mashelufu khumi ndi awiri opangidwa kuchokera ku mabokosi a mkaka ndi matabwa akale. Zomwe zatsala m'moyo wanga Kum'mawa ndi tebulo langa la trolley ndi mpando wa laibulale wogwiritsidwa ntchito umene Nicholas, wokondedwa wanga wakale, anandipatsa ine pa tsiku langa lobadwa la 39th.
Galimoto yanga ili ndi zaka 12. Ili ndi masilinda anayi. Panali maulendo opita ku kasino pomwe ndidakulitsa liwiro mpaka mailosi 85 pa ola. Ndinayenda m’dziko lonselo ndi bokosi la chakudya, chitofu ndi chikwama chodzaza ndi zovala. Zonsezi sizichitika chifukwa cha zikhulupiriro za ndale. Zonse chifukwa zimandibweretsera chisangalalo, chisangalalo chodabwitsa komanso wamba.
Ndizodabwitsa kukumbukira zaka zomwe zolembera makalata zidadzaza tebulo lakukhitchini, pamene mnzanga wa Kum'mawa kwa East Coast anandipatsa thumba lachinsalu lolembedwa kuti "Zinthu zikafika povuta, zinthu zimapita kukagula." Zambiri mwa $40 T-shirts ndi zojambula zosungiramo zinthu zakale, komanso zipangizo zamakono zolima munda zomwe sindinagwiritsepo ntchito, zimatayika, zimaperekedwa kapena zimaperekedwa ku Goodwill. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene anandipatsa ine ngakhale theka la chisangalalo cha kusakhala kwawo.
Ndine mwayi. Mbalame yamtchire inanditsogolera ku jackpot iyi. Usiku wina wa Ogasiti zaka khumi ndi ziwiri zapitazo, kanyama kakang'ono ka lalanje kanalowa mnyumba mwanga. Ndinayesa kuchigwira. Mbalameyo inazimiririka kuseri kwa chitofu, kutali ndi ine. Amphaka anasonkhana kukhitchini. Ndinagunda chitofu. Mbalameyo inali chete. Sindinachitire mwina koma kuzilola.
Ndinabwerera kukagona ndikuyesera kugona. M’khitchini munali zii. Mmodzi ndi mmodzi, amphakawo anandizinga. Ndinaona mmene mdima wa m’mawindo unayamba kuzimiririka, ndipo ndinagona.
Nditadzuka, panalibe amphaka. Ndinadzuka pabedi, ndikuyatsa kandulo ya m'mawa ndikupita kuchipinda chochezera. Amphaka adakhala motsatana pansi pa sofa wakale. Mbalameyo inakhala chagada n’kundiyang’ana ine ndi amphakawo modekha. Ndinatsegula chitseko chakumbuyo. M'mawa munali wobiriwira mofewa, wopepuka komanso mthunzi ukusewera pamtengo wa paini. Ndinavula malaya anga akale a ntchito ndikusonkhanitsa mbalame. Mbalameyo sinasunthe.
Ndinanyamula mbalame ija kupita nayo pakhonde lakumbuyo ndi kuvula malaya anga. Kwa nthawi yaitali mbalameyo inapuma mu nsalu. Ndinkaganiza kuti mwina anasokonezeka n’kuyamba kuchita zinthu m’manja mwake. Apanso zonse zinali zofanana. Kenako, ndi kugunda kwa mapiko ake, mbalameyo inawulukira molunjika ku mtengo wa paini uja.
Sindidzaiwala kumva kumasulidwa. Ndipo nthenga zinayi zalalanje ndi zakuda ndinazipeza pansi pakhitchini.
Zokwanira. Zoposa zokwanira ”.